BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — After Governor Jeff Landry introduced "The Louisiana Lockup" at Angola, which is set to house over 200 criminals in the country illegally, many community organizations are speaking out.

Tia Fields with the Baton Rouge NAACP said they'll be met with harsh conditions, or worse.

"When we talk about the carceral economy, we're looking at bed quotas. We're looking at slave labor. The same things that the current inmates that are normally housed in Angola are facing are now being expanded to include more bodies, more harm," said Fields.

Landry declared a state of emergency, allowing him to move funds to help rebuild the prison. Fields said this is a red flag.

"His choice prioritizes expansion over community resilience when it comes to natural disasters. S

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