Detainees Confined to Small Metal Cages at Alligator Alcatraz, Report Finds
The report said 18-square-foot enclosures and other cramped spaces harmed detainees, and it recommended more room, pest control and clean water.
- A Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General report found the Florida Everglades detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," held detainees in "cramped conditions" harmful to their physical and mental health.
- Investigators identified 18 square-foot enclosures called "calming areas," while detainees reported inhumane treatment in small metal enclosures dubbed "the box." The report recommended more space, pest control, and clean water.
- On Monday, Governor Ron DeSantis defended the facility, claiming the state intended to exceed federal standards while noting "probably 10 million" people entered illegally under President Biden.
- State Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat, called the findings "disgusting" and demanded accountability for "BILLIONS" in taxpayer dollars spent on the facility he described as "cruel and inhumane."
- Republican candidate for governor Byron Donalds dismissed calls for investigation as "busy work," noting the Florida Soft-Sided Facility had operated one year before closing.
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Migrants in US Locked in Tiny Cages That Guards Called ‘Calming Areas’
A notorious detention centre in Florida kept immigrants in cramped metal enclosures that posed “significant risks” to their health and safety, a report by a US government watchdog has found. The cages – which had only 1.6 sq metres of floor space – were referred to by guards at the ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility as “calming […]
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Detainees confined to small metal cages at Alligator Alcatraz, report finds
The state-run immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” violated a host of federal and state detention standards, according to a new government report.
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Roanoke TimesReport: Alligator Alcatraz housed people in cages
MIAMI — The state-run immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" violated a host of federal and state detention standards, according to a new government report.
Hanford Sentinel
Tampa Bay TimesFlorida Democrats decry Alligator Alcatraz report detailing cage use
Florida Democratic members of Congress sent a letter Tuesday to state and federal officials seeking more information about findings in a recent report that people held at the now shuttered immigrant detention site known as Alligator Alcatraz were sometimes kept…
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Spectrum News 13DeSantis, Donalds respond to 'Alligator Alcatraz' report
Gov. DeSantis defended the shuttered Everglades camp, while Byron Donalds resists probing a closed facility.
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