LaSalle Corrections
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2026 Events (2)
ICE contracted private prison firm LaSalle Corrections to build 528-bed Louisiana family/child holding facility, bypassing ORR custody
In late June 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement signed a contract to build a 528-bed holding facility for migrant families and unaccompanied children next to Alexandria International Airport in Louisiana. The facility, intended as a "staging area" for people awaiting deportation, will be operated by the LaSalle Family Foundation, a nonprofit arm of private prison contractor LaSalle Corrections, bypassing the Office of Refugee Resettlement's statutory custody role over unaccompanied children.
Detainee Mamuka Artmeladze, 43, died in ICE custody at Louisiana's Winn Correctional Center; second death there in under two months
Mamuka Artmeladze, a 43-year-old national of Georgia, was found unresponsive on June 4, 2026 at Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana, and was pronounced dead at a local hospital about 45 minutes later; his cause of death is pending an autopsy. He had been held at the facility for nearly four months, and his death was the second at Winn since April 11, 2026 and the 19th in ICE custody since January 1, 2026. The facility, operated by ICE contractor LaSalle Corrections with the Winn Parish Sheriff's Office, was recently cited by the DHS Office of Inspector General for violations of medical-care, use-of-force, and safety standards.
2025 Events (1)
ICE and LaSalle Corrections denied pregnant detainee prenatal care at Louisiana facility; she delivered a stillborn baby
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its contractor, LaSalle Corrections, denied Iris Dayana Monterroso Lemus, a pregnant Guatemalan detainee, adequate prenatal care during her detention at Richwood Correctional Center in Richwood, Louisiana, and she delivered a stillborn baby on April 29, 2025, after days of unaddressed complaints that she had stopped feeling fetal movement. Federal records later obtained by The Intercept through a Freedom of Information Act request showed no completed ultrasound or OB-GYN visit, contradicting a later DHS public denial that she lacked care.