GEO Group, now one of the major players in corrections, built a facility in Jena in the late 1990s. It later won a contract ...

What do locals think of the ICE facility in Jena? "I feel like this town has had a lot of drama," one said. "It’s put on the ...

When the oil glut in the 1980s sent Louisiana’s economy reeling, leaders of Jena, a town about 45 minutes north of Alexandria, knew it needed to diversify.  As the Wall Street Journal writes, ...

Donald Trump] is a dictator. And the only way to beat a dictator is with defiance,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley said.

Concerned citizens gathered in Jena at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center located at the LaSalle Detention Facility ...

A Louisiana immigration judge said the Trump administration can move forward with efforts to deport Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student activist and legal permanent resident.

The judge gave Khalil until April 23 to request a stay of his deportation and said that if his attorneys miss the deadline, she will order him deported either to Syria or to Algeria ...

The Democrat delegation, led by Rep. Troy Carter of Louisiana traveled to Jena, where Khalil is being held, and then two hours south to Basile, where Ozturk is detained. The group included Reps.

Advocates have accused the Trump administration of strategically isolating college students and professors at remote ICE detention centers in Louisiana and Texas.

Khalil, a native of Syria, is being held at The GEO Group-run Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center near the rural town of Jena. A University of Alabama student, Alireza Doroudi, 32, a native of ...

Concerned citizens gathered in Jena at ICE Processing Center in support of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.

Jena Mayor LaDawn Edwards informed the Jena Town Council during their monthly meeting April 7, that this year’s Easter in the Park event is set and ready for a large crowd.