Immigration reporter Nomaan Merchant, New Orleans photographer Gerald Herbert and video journalist Stacey Plaisance for an all-formats package that broke news about how Immigration and Customs Enforcement under President Donald Trump has quietly converted a network of rural prisons in Louisiana into a major hub of migrant detention.
Louisiana becomes new hub in immigration detention under Trump
Detainees walk with their hands clasped behind their backs along a line painted on a walkway inside the Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, La., Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Detainees are required to walk from site to site with their hands clasped behind their backs. Since 2018, eight Louisiana jails have started detaining asylum seekers, making Louisiana an unlikely epicenter for immigrant detention under President Donald Trump.
AP Photo / Gerald Herbert