Donald Trump is planning to send migrants to a maximum security jail where inmates compete in prison rodeos.

The US government is reportedly proposing to send 450 migrants to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana, which houses violent criminals and was once known as the bloodiest prison in the country.

It comes as Mr Trump escalates his efforts to try and fulfil his campaign promise of carrying out the largest mass deportation drive in US history.

Last month the government opened Alligator Alcatraz in Florida, while Kristi Noem announced migrants would also be detained in a facility called the Speedway Slammer in Indiana.

The Louisiana prison is the largest maximum security facility in the US, sitting on 18,000 acres between the Mississippi River and the Tunica Hills.