Giant Bugs, Heat and a Hospitalization: Inside Alligator Alcatraz’s First Days

Giant bugs, heat and a hospitalization: Inside Alligator Alcatraz’s first days

The calls from Alligator Alcatraz’s first detainees brought distressing news: Toilets that didn’t flush. Temperatures that went from freezing to sweltering. A hospitalization. Giant bugs. And little or no access to showers or toothbrushes, much less confidential calls with attorneys. The stories, relayed to the Miami Herald by the wives of detainees housed in Florida’s makeshift detention center for migrants in the Everglades, offer the first sn…

‘What Would Osceola Do?’ – Earth First! Journal

A conversation with Panagioti Tsolkas, on Alligator Alcatraz and the fight against toxic prisons Max Granger / Writing on the Wall Jul 08, 2025 Tule Lake internment camp, CA, 1943 / Alligator Alcatraz detention camp, FL, 2025 By now, you’ve probably heard of Trump’s latest white-terror marketing campaign: the ICE concentration camp hastily erected in Florida’s Everglades and officially dubbed Alligator Alcatraz. The $450-million ad-hoc prison…

We Need To Stop Calling It 'Alligator Alcatraz' — That's Exactly What Trump Wants

"No, we’re not calling it Alligator Alcatraz. It’s a Florida concentration camp," one prominent copy editor said.