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Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:50 AM Sep 2025

Trump Chickens Out After Horrific Prison Camp Is Named After Him



Trump Chickens Out After Horrific Prison Camp Is Named After Him
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The notorious camp, which was shuttered after suicides, brutality, and mass staff resignations, had already been painted in Trump’s honor.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-chickens-out-after-horrific-prison-camp-is-named-after-him/


Tom Latchem Updated Sep. 4 2025 8:36AM EDT


Donald Trump appears to have chickened out after Louisiana tried to name a brutal prison camp in his honor. The camp was forced to shut down due to its appalling conditions but is now reopening to host people rounded up by ICE.

The area of Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana was already painted with a sign that read “Camp 47,” in a nod to Trump, who is the 47th U.S. president, according to photos of the unit captured last week by a local news station WAFB.

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Jail art work
Now you see it..... WAFB



However, the administration appears to have had second thoughts, and the unit was unveiled on Wednesday by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as “Camp 57”—apparently in homage to Jeff Landry, Louisiana’s 57th governor................................
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