Trump Admin Reportedly Planning To Send Migrants To Infamous Maximum Security Prison

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to send migrants to a prison considered among the bloodiest in the U.S., according to a new report.

The Wall Street Journal detailed on Thursday that the prison in question is the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the largest maximum security facility in the country.

Officials expect the facility to hold some 450 migrants and plan to make the announcement early next month, the outlet added.

More than 70% of the roughly 4,300 in the prison are serving a life sentence and more than 9 in 10 are violent offenders, the WSJ said, quoting data from the Department of Corrections.

"There is a very long history of abuses at this particular facility," Eunice Cho, senior counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project, told the outlet. "The idea of placing people in a brutal prison for alleged violations of immigration law is profoundly disturbing," she added.

Once described as one of the most dangerous prisons in the country, Angola has faced multiple lawsuits over inmate treatment. In the 1950s, a group of prisoners cut their Achilles heel to protest brutality and working conditions there, going on to be called the "Heel String Gang." In the 1970s, stabbings became so frequent that inmates ended up suing the state, leading a federal court to demand the facility be reformed.

Angola is also known for hosting an annual rodeo involving inmates in events such as bull riding and "Convict Poker," which raise funds for recreational programs. While the prison offers public tours, visitors are not allowed into housing areas.