Louisiana officials are denying reports from over the weekend that immigrant detainees at the state penitentiary in Angola are conducting a hunger strike. “Governor Landry declared a so-called ‘state of emergency’ in order to reopen yet another inhumane detention center on Louisiana taxpayers’ dime. The first transfer of ICE detainees to Angola included 51 individuals. Landry had said the number would increase to 200 by mid-September, though state officials have not provided an update on the number people being held since first opening the site. The complex can hold 416 detainees, in addition to the more than 4,000 inmates housed in other sections of the state penitentiary.