‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Worker Describes ‘Inhumane’ Conditions
“A former corrections officer at “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida told NBC Miami she saw hundreds of migrants held in cages with no sunlight, backed up toilets and little access to showers.”
Judge orders temporary halt to new construction at Alligator Alcatraz
“A federal judge in Miami on Thursday ordered construction to be paused at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz, the first state-run detention center in the country opened to accommodate the Trump administration’s arrest of immigrants.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ordering a two-week halt to new construction at the facility in the Everglades followed a hearing in a lawsuit filed by environmental groups and joined by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians.
“We’re pleased that the judge saw the urgent need to put a pause on additional construction, and we look forward to advancing our ultimate goal of protecting the unique and imperiled Everglades ecosystem from further damage caused by this mass detention facility,” Eve Samples, executive director at Friends of the Everglades, said in a statement.”