News

Mother Jones8y
More Cuts Are Coming to the Private Prison Where Our Reporter Worked as a Guard
The Louisiana Department of Corrections also renegotiated its contract this month with Allen Correctional Center, operated by the GEO Group. Like Winn, the prison will now operate more like a jail ...
NJ.com1y
Pressure to shut down Louisiana detention center mounts with release of reported abuses
On routine visits to Winn Correctional Center, human rights attorney Sarah Decker comes face to face with migrants battered by the harsh conditions of prolonged confinement. Decker works as a ...
The Advocate3y
ICE begins 'renovation' at Winn Correctional Center after reports of abuses, lack of medical care
A new phased renovation project that aims to improve the housing conditions for asylum seekers inside the Winn Correctional Center was approved by the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement ...
NBC News1y
ICE is sending more people to a troubled Louisiana detention center, advocates say
to the Winn Correctional Center, about 100 miles north in rural Winn Parish, the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition, an immigrant rights advocacy group, said Wednesday. The transfers ...
WKRG1y
ICE searching for escaped inmate from Winn Correctional Center, last seen in Montgomery, La.
GRANT PARISH, La. (WNTZ) – UPDATE: The escaped inmate from the Winn Correctional Center has been arrested and is back in ICE custody. GRANT PARISH, La. (WNTZ) – In a matter of urgent public ...