South Louisiana Correctional Facility

South Louisiana ICE Processing Center (previously South Louisiana Correctional Facility) is a privately owned and operated prison facility located on the eastern edge of Basile in Acadia Parish, Louisiana. The facility was opened in 1993 by the private prison company LCS Corrections Services[1] and is currently owned and operated by The GEO Group, Inc.[2] It has a capacity of 1,000.

South Louisiana ICE Processing Center
Location3843 Stagg Avenue, Basile, Louisiana
Coordinates30°29′14″N 92°34′58″W
StatusOperational
Security classMixed Security
Capacity1,000
Opened1993
Managed byGEO Group
WardenN/A

The facility previously housed inmates for Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, housing both male and females at a mix of minimum, medium, and maximum security, with a capacity of 1,048. In April 2019, GEO announced the signing of a contract modification with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the reactivation of the facility[3] to house male and female ICE detainees awaiting immigration court hearings and deportation.

In July and August 2009, a hundred ICE inmates in Basile staged a series of five hunger strikes to protest substandard conditions and lack of appropriate medical care.[4][5]

References
  1. http://www.lcscorrections.com/site20.php
  2. "StackPath".
  3. https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/the-geo-group-announces-signing-of-contract-modification-with-u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-for-the-reactivation-of-the-existing-1-000-bed-south-louisiana-ice-processing-center-1028138261
  4. "Immigrant Detainees Stage Hunger Strikes in Louisiana - NAM". news.newamericamedia.org. Archived from the original on 2009-08-10.
  5. "Immigrant Detainees Staging Hunger Strikes to Protest Deplorable Confinement". www.truth-out.org. Archived from the original on 2014-03-20.


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