EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security is firing back at mainstream media claims that federal officers are gravely mistreating illegal immigrant criminals being held at a sectioned-off portion of Angola Prison in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana dubbed the "Louisiana Lockup."
As the bayou brother of Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Florida, Louisiana Gov. Jeffrey Landry offered that "criminal illegal aliens, beware – Louisiana Lockup is where your time in America ends."
A spokesperson for the department told Fox News Digital there are more than 70 violent offenders among the ranks of prisoners being held at the ICE facility, and that besides the allegations being untrue, no one should shed a tear for those inside.
"Louisiana Lockup" houses at least 26 child predators, 20 other sex offenders and 28 convicted murderers, the department said.
DHS highlighted several recent headlines they said were false, including those alleging illegal immigrants were conducting hunger strikes over inhumane conditions and lodging sexual misconduct complaints that went without sufficient corrective action.
"Allegations made by criminal illegal aliens that they do not have access to medical or mental health care at this facility are completely false. Detainees have full access to medical treatment, three proper meals per day, legal counsel, and other essential items," a department spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
A deputy to Secretary Kristi Noem added that there is "no hunger strike...
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