Alligator Alcatraz detention center in Florida
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Newsweek spoke with the attorney of a detainee and the friend of another. Both described harrowing conditions at the remote facility.
But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions. President Donald Trump, federal officials and Florida Republicans touted the remote Everglades immigration detention centers — dubbed Alligator Alcatraz — as a place to detain people deemed the "worst of the worst.
Where is Alligator Alcatraz? Dubbed East Coast version of famed prison, Trump and Kristi Noem visited new ICE detention center in Ochopee, Florida.
It seems that the DeSantis administration just pulled more than a dozen contracts tied to the Everglades Immigration Detention facility from a public database of state contracts. These contracts total more than $200 million in taxpayer spending, and they are public records.
Without permanent structures, electricity or running water, logistical headaches have emerged at “Alligator Alcatraz.”
A lawsuit claims detainees at Florida’s 'Alligator Alcatraz' are denied legal access, with no way to challenge their detention or contact attorneys.