ICE detainees have gone on a hunger strike at Angola State Penitentiary due to the lack of medical care and hygiene products available to them, according to a press release from the National Immigration Project and the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition.

They reported on Saturday that a group of 19 detainees had refused to eat for at least four days.

Earlier this month, the detainees were transported to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility at Angola, which is a repurposed camp that was previously closed in 2018 due to safety concerns. The new detention camp has been nicknamed "Louisiana Lockup" upon reopening.

"We stand with the hunger strikers as they demand basic necessities to which all humans are entitled," Bridget Pranzatelli, a member of the National I

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