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In ‘detention alley,' a small town benefits from a big ICE facility
WINNFIELD, La. — The 21st century has been tough here in timber country, especially in the small town of Winnfield. Sawmills automated and jobs disappeared. An interstate extension bypassed the area. The population fell by nearly a third. Downtown storefronts emptied.
One positive: the low-slung brick complex, with razor-wire-topped fencing and a white-steepled chapel, that sprawls southwest of town amid a forest of longleaf and loblolly pines.
