BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana Illuminator ) – A section of the Louisiana State Penitentiary that is undergoing emergency, fast-track repairs will house Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, the governor’s office announced Tuesday.

In a news release, Gov. Jeff Landry’s office said the facility “will house the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens arrested by ICE.”

Landry declared a state emergency in late July to allow the expedited repair of Camp J at Angola. The section, which has been closed since 2018, consists of four maximum-security buildings on the 18,000-acre prison grounds. At its peak, the camp held more than 400 prisoners. The state has not said what its capacity would be after renovations.

Once known as the “ Dungeon ,” most of Camp J had been designated

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