Accountability dossier · partial
A researched record, still incomplete: the sections below carry what has been found and published so far, and say where work remains.
ANGOLA, LA · Intergovernmental service agreement
ICE's published operating figures for this facility, with the researched record set out below.
ICE's own fiscal-year average, not a bed count and not a point-in-time headcount.
ICE's classification, reproduced as published. This is an ICE administrative classification. Pending charges are not convictions, and this field is not population-level crime-rate evidence.
A population level a contract treats as guaranteed. The workbook prints the number, not the price.
ICE workbook data pull, 2026-07-20
No award record in this dataset names this facility. ICE and its contractors may hold awards covering it that this project has not yet indexed.
Louisiana ICE Processing Center at 18198 Tunica Trace, Building E, in Angola, Louisiana is printed in ICE's fiscal 2026 workbook as an intergovernmental service agreement row in the New Orleans area of responsibility, holding men, with an average daily population of 175.7 against a printed guaranteed minimum of 208 and an average length of stay of 69.3 days. The Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office places the unit, called Camp 57, at the former Camp J inside Louisiana State Penitentiary, prints 416 site capacity with 208 beds initially available, a $34 million fiscal 2026 adjustment and a $46,277,564 annualized fiscal 2027 amount, and prints two different housing-line values that this dossier preserves rather than reconciles. Reporting describes a DHS to GOHSEP to state Corrections funding chain and a separately reported LaSalle contract. State budget authority, federal outlays and any private contract payment are distinct and are never summed. One reviewed Human Cost record, Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi, resolves to this facility identity; that association establishes custody, not cause.
Partial dossier · Last reviewed August 22, 2026
Published as partial. Strong state-budget, identity, lifecycle, funding-chain, allegation, and Human Cost-join evidence. Executed agreements, payment reconciliation, operator precision, and oversight reports remain unresolved.
Evidence chain · every edge labelled by what the record establishes
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public money → award · Not established
No federal award record currently indexed in this dataset names this facility.
What this does not establish
The award record does not establish how much has been paid out, nor that the appropriation was passed for this facility specifically.
Identity caution — rows kept separate
The workbook row and Louisiana budget analysis align on Angola, former Camp J/Camp 57, and a 208-bed initial operating unit within a 416-capacity site. Held apart and never merged: Louisiana State Penitentiary as a whole; Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Jena; South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile; Alexandria Staging Facility.
Locator · ICE FY2026 workbook row: Louisiana ICE Processing Center
What this does not establish
Anything beyond this printed row and this property.
View the separate ICE program row: Louisiana ICE Processing Center
Observed means an official record documents it. Attributed means a named source reached the finding. The two are never summed.
These are counts of records indexed by this project, not counts of everything that happened. They are never summed into a score.
No effective period printed in the indexed record
ICE lists the facility in its own detention-management workbook and awards the orders indexed here.
What this does not establish
Agency custody does not establish who owns or operates the physical facility.
No effective period printed in the indexed record
Recorded relationship: federal funder and detention authority. State budget and reporting identify federal detention use and DHS funds.
What this does not establish
Does not establish a direct USAspending award to every state or private entity.
No effective period printed in the indexed record
Recorded relationship: intergovernmental funding intermediary. State budget chain places GOHSEP between DHS and Corrections Services.
What this does not establish
Does not establish GOHSEP as facility operator or real-property owner.
No effective period printed in the indexed record
Recorded relationship: state host and manager. Budget records place facility management/maintenance within state Corrections Services.
What this does not establish
Does not establish every onsite duty or private subcontract.
No effective period printed in the indexed record
Recorded relationship: host institution. The LFO locates Camp 57 at former Camp J inside the penitentiary.
What this does not establish
Does not merge the ICE unit with the entire state-prison population.
No effective period printed in the indexed record
Recorded relationship: service provider. Secondary reporting says GOHSEP contracted LaSalle for facility operations.
What this does not establish
The executed contract and exact legal entity were not reviewed; do not publish a stronger operator/title claim.
Lanes are shown side by side because they share a facility and a calendar, not a cause. Chronological proximity does not establish causation.
Only dated events are plotted. Records carrying an as-of or dataset-cutoff date, such as ICE’s fiscal-year population aggregates, are listed in the table instead, because a data-pull date is not the date something happened.
Select or focus a marker to read the underlying record. Every marker below is also listed in the table.
| Date | Lane | Record | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Litigation and corrective action | Former Camp J closed in 2017The state fiscal analysis says Camp J closed in 2017 due to deterioration, security challenges, and cell-lock malfunctions.Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office | Observed / verified |
| Jul 2025 | Money and award actions | Emergency orders accelerated repairs at former Camp JThe state analysis says 2025 emergency orders allowed procurement and public-bid requirements to be suspended for repairs.Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office | Observed / verified |
| Sep 2025 | Population and capacity | Camp 57 opened for ICE detention in September 2025State and reporting sources describe the new ICE unit opening at former Camp J with an initial population.Louisiana Legislative Fiscal OfficeWAFB | Observed / verified |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Observed and attributed harm | Hunger-strike release alleged medical, hygiene, water, legal-access, and retaliation problemsAn advocacy release published allegations from four people detained at the facility during a hunger strike.National Immigration Project | Allegation |
| Mar 01, 2026 | Observed and attributed harm | Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi record resolves to this facility identityThe existing Human Cost record’s published facility label exactly matches Louisiana ICE Processing Center.U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Observed / verified |
| As of Jul 20, 2026 | Population and capacity | Fiscal 2026 average daily populationICE reports this facility's average daily population for fiscal 2026 in its detention-management workbook. It is a fiscal-year average, not a bed count and not a headcount on any given day.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Observed / verified |
| As of Jul 20, 2026 | Population and capacity | Fiscal 2026 average length of stayICE reports the average number of days people spent in custody at this facility in fiscal 2026.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Observed / verified |
| As of Jul 20, 2026 | Population and capacity | Contracted guaranteed minimumICE's workbook prints a guaranteed minimum population level for this facility. The workbook prints the number; it does not print the price attached to it.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Observed / verified |
| As of Apr 2026 | Population and capacity | State analysis prints 416 capacity and 208 beds initially availableThe LFO distinguishes 416 site capacity from 208 beds currently available.Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office | Observed / verified |
| As of Apr 2026 | Money and award actions | State analysis records a $34 million FY2026 adjustmentThe LFO prints a $34 million mid-year adjustment including mobilization, housing, transportation, guards, and meals.Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office | Observed / verified |
| As of Apr 2026 | Money and award actions | State analysis records $46,277,564 annualized for FY2027The LFO annualized total is $46,277,564.Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office | Observed / verified |
| As of Apr 2026 | Money and award actions | State analysis prints two different housing-line valuesOne table prints $42,756,000 for annualized housing while another prints $41,756,000; both print the same total.Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office | Observed / verified |
| As of May 12, 2026 | Money and award actions | Reporting describes a separate LaSalle contract and per-diem scheduleVerite, citing prior reporting, described about $949,000 monthly for 208 people, $150 per day for the first 208 and $125 above that baseline.Verite News | Attributed finding |
| As of Jul 09, 2026 | Population and capacity | Workbook reports ADP 175.7 and printed minimum 208ICE reports the unit as a distinct IGSA row with no completed inspection fields.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Observed / verified |
An ICE compliance rating records the agency's own determination against its detention standards on the inspection dates. It does not establish that no harm or deficiency occurred.
The state fiscal analysis says Camp J closed in 2017 due to deterioration, security challenges, and cell-lock malfunctions.
What this does not establish
Historical closure reasons do not establish current conditions after repairs.
An advocacy release published allegations from four people detained at the facility during a hunger strike.
What this does not establish
These are allegations, not OIG findings, court holdings, or proof that each condition persisted. It does not establish cause, preventability, negligence, or facility, operator or contractor responsibility.
The existing Human Cost record’s published facility label exactly matches Louisiana ICE Processing Center.
What this does not establish
A custodial-facility join does not establish preventability, negligence, provider responsibility, or that death occurred inside the facility.
These are the gaps the reviewed record set names. A question listed here is unanswered, not answered in the facility's favour, and this list does not claim to cover everything unknown about the facility.
Executed intergovernmental agreements not reviewed. This collection was searched on 2026-08-22 and produced nothing publishable, so no record is carried for it.
Collection searched · August 22, 2026 · not an event date
What this does not establish
A search that returned nothing is not evidence that the record does not exist. No value, finding or date is estimated in its place.
Private operating contract and invoices unavailable. This collection was searched on 2026-08-22 and produced nothing publishable, so no record is carried for it.
Collection searched · August 22, 2026 · not an event date
What this does not establish
A search that returned nothing is not evidence that the record does not exist. No value, finding or date is estimated in its place.
No completed inspection row or detailed report. This collection was searched on 2026-08-22 and produced nothing publishable, so no record is carried for it.
Collection searched · August 22, 2026 · not an event date
What this does not establish
A search that returned nothing is not evidence that the record does not exist. No value, finding or date is estimated in its place.
Property/site-component title and responsibility map incomplete. This collection was searched on 2026-08-22 and produced nothing publishable, so no record is carried for it.
Collection searched · August 22, 2026 · not an event date
What this does not establish
A search that returned nothing is not evidence that the record does not exist. No value, finding or date is estimated in its place.
Budget housing-line discrepancy unresolved. This collection was searched on 2026-08-22 and produced nothing publishable, so no record is carried for it.
Collection searched · August 22, 2026 · not an event date
What this does not establish
A search that returned nothing is not evidence that the record does not exist. No value, finding or date is estimated in its place.
Dossier last reviewed · August 22, 2026 · not an event date
Dossier last reviewed · August 22, 2026 · not an event date
Dossier last reviewed · August 22, 2026 · not an event date
Dossier last reviewed · August 22, 2026 · not an event date
Dossier last reviewed · August 22, 2026 · not an event date