Hundreds of Detainees Being Released in Louisiana

I will not be able to monitor this thread because I will be at work all day. I just wanted to share this with you all. Hundreds of detainees are being dumped in rural Louisiana with no place to go, and very little local infrastructure to help them.

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According to Grant-Gibson, on Monday July 12, Adams County Detention Center in Natchez released 23 men, LaSalle ICE Processing Center in Jena released 90 men and women and Winn Correctional Center released 78 men.

There were more releases on Tuesday. Then on Wednesday Gibson became inundated with calls about people being let out of River Correctional Center. She called the facility.

“I said, ‘Are you guys working on a release for today?’ And she said, ‘Yes.’ And I said, ‘Can you tell me how many people?’ And she said, ‘100. … and we're releasing another 100 on Friday.’”

Prior to last Wednesday, Grant-Gibson said the largest group of people she organized pick up for from River was 18 people.

“A double digit number from there is very unusual. It’s too small a facility. By Friday half of their population is going to be gone,” she said last in an interview last week.