ANGOLA — Louisiana prison officials say initial media reports that 19 inmates being held at Angola for federal immigration officials were engaged in a hunger strike were incorrect, but said Monday that three of the people being held "continue to refuse their meals."

The Department of Public Safety and Corrections also said that there were "no issues surrounding plumbing." It noted an inmate had intentionally flooded his cell Sunday, but said the problem was remedied by unclogging a pipe.

Various media had reported Saturday that, according to the National Immigration Project and the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition, a group of 19 inmates had refused to eat for four days. The prison system said that, at the time of the reports, there was no hunger strike.

The prison system said

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