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 new 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.
- The report identified 18 square-foot enclosures used as "calming areas," while detainees also reported inhumane treatment in small metal enclosures dubbed "the box."
- Republican candidate for governor Byron Donalds dismissed calls for an investigation into the closed facility as "busy work," noting the Florida Soft-Sided Facility operated for one year before closing.
- On Monday, Governor Ron DeSantis defended the facility, claiming the state intended to exceed federal standards while noting "probably 10 million" people entered the country illegally under President Biden.
- State Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat, called the findings "disgusting" and demanded accountability for the "BILLIONS" in taxpayer dollars spent on the facility, describing it as "cruel and inhumane.
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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.
North Platte Nebraska's Newspaper
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.
Migranti zadržovaní na Floridě v kontroverzním detenčním centru známém jako Aligátoří Alcatraz trávili hodiny v malých kovových klecích, zjistili inspektoři amerického ministerstva vnitřní bezpečnosti. Upozornili také na nedostatek prostoru, problémy s hygienou, jídlem, pitnou vodou a zdravotní péčí. Zařízení už v červnu zavřelo.
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