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'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions
SOUTH FLORIDA, AUG 1 – Detainees protest lack of food, hygiene, medical care, and legal counsel at the center, prompting lawsuits and political calls for reform, officials say conditions are being addressed.
- Detainees at Florida's immigration detention center known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' have been on a hunger strike for ten days in protest of living conditions.
- The facility opened on July 3 and houses hundreds, including Cuban immigrant Pedro Hernández, who was detained during an ICE check-in in Miramar in July.
- Detainees describe cruel treatment, unsanitary food, limited medical care, poor lawyer access, and constant lighting, while officials and some Republicans defend the center's role in immigration enforcement.
- Pedro Hernández was admitted to the hospital but continues to abstain from eating, insisting that he will not take any more meals until they receive respect, while lawsuits have been filed against the facility by civil rights and environmental organizations.
- The hunger strike and lawsuits have sparked political demands for reform and accountability, with deportation flights underway and ongoing debate about the center's conditions and purpose.
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'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions
A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” has entered its ninth day, as detainees protest what they call humane and dangerous living conditions.
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