Inside Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz': detainees allege abuse in a legal black hole
- Detainees described the facilities as "covered in filth" and reported a "lack of medical care" and mistreatment.
- Some detainees have not seen a judge since their arrival, which is described as "completely illegal."
- Detainees state they are treated like "murderers" when taken to the dining hall, with their hands on their heads.
- Florida authorities denied the allegations of abuse made by the detainees.
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'It’s like you’re dead alive': Families, advocates allege inhumane conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz'
The entrance to the state-managed immigration detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the Florida Everglades on August 03, 2025 in Ochopee, Florida. oe Raedle/Getty Images (OCHOPEE, Fla.) — For a month, Rafael Collado couldn’t tell the night from the day. Detained in the temporary detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” he spent his time confined in a chain-link cage with…
The Mexican consul in Miami, Rutilio Escandón, declared that conditions for Mexicans improved in the Alligator Alcatraz, the immigration detention center located in Florida, United States. “We are seeing every time that there is better treatment, that they are better organized,” said the former governor of Chiapas in the context of his fourth visit to the Alligator Alcatraz center.Despite Rutilio Escandón’s statements, some migrants detained in …
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