Florida, Alcatraz
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People held at the brand new Florida immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” say worms turn up in the food, toilets don’t flush and floors flood with fecal waste.
Located within the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Big Cypress National Preserve in the Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration transformed the 38-square-mile site into a 1,000-bed detention facility to house migrants awaiting immigration cases or deportation.
DarkSky International in 2016 designated Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve as the nation’s first preserve to achieve “dark sky” status.
Five Florida lawmakers have filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis after being denied access to “Alligator Alcatraz.”