Inspection Finds Use-of-Force Issues, Safety and Sanitation Concerns at La. ICE Detention Center
The report found nine compliance failures, including unsafe sanitation conditions and use-of-force violations, as scrutiny grows over ICE detention standards.
- A Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General report revealed staff at the Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana used a prohibited chokehold to "gain control" of a detainee and stabbed another with a pen.
- During an unannounced review in March, federal inspectors flagged systemic failures at the LaSalle Corrections-run facility, including unsanitary conditions, poor food storage, and inadequate record-keeping at the site housing more than 1,500 men.
- In five reviewed use-of-force incidents, staff used prohibited techniques in at least three cases and failed to document required notifications to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in four of those incidents, according to the report.
- An ICE spokesperson characterized the findings as "minor infractions" and stated the agency is providing additional staff training, while U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, said the report confirms ICE is "putting people's health and safety at serious risk."
- The Trump administration faces heightened scrutiny over detention conditions as it expands capacity toward deporting 1 million people annually, straining facilities across the United States amid soaring detainee deaths.
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Officer stabbed detention center detainee's thumb with a pen: watchdog
WASHINGTON — A Louisiana detention center that houses roughly 1,500 immigrants failed to ensure sanitary conditions, properly store perishable food, properly notify use-of-force incidents and maintain medical records of detainees, according to a report published Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog.The findings stem from an unannounced visit from federal inspectors in March 2025 to the Winn Correctional Center in W…
Federal watchdog flags use-of-force violations at Louisiana's largest ICE facility
Staff at a federal immigration detention center in Louisiana subdued detainees with prohibited use-of-force techniques including chokeholds and stabbing one with a pen, a federal watchdog has found.
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Louisiana IlluminatorSanitation, use-of-force transparency lacking at Winnfield ICE facility, inspection finds
A Louisiana detention center failed to ensure sanitary conditions, properly store perishable food, properly notify use-of-force incidents and maintain medical records of detainees, according to a report.
Internal DHS Report Noted Use of Excessive Force, Unsanitary Conditions at ICE Detention Center in Louisiana
The Winn Correctional Center is owned by the Winn Parish Sheriff's Office and operated by private contractor LaSalle Corrections. At the time of the inspection, ICE housed 1,576 male detainees at the facility.
In one of the most rural and isolated areas of Louisiana, Winnfield, nearly 300 miles (480 kilometers) northwest of the tourist New Orleans, is the Winn Immigration and Customs Control Correctional Center (ICE). Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Center highlights it “for its shocking abuses” of long-standing, including beatings and ill-treatment of detainees, as well as poor food manipulation and the retaliatory use of solitary confinement. Continu…
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