‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees were held in cages the size of a phone booth

By: Kate Payne, The Florida Trib

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: September 16, 2026

Words: 1,293

Last Updated: 1 day, 23 hours ago

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This story was originally published by The Florida Trib.

When federal investigators showed up unannounced at the sprawling pop-up prison in the Florida Everglades in January, they found something they had never seen at any other immigration detention center in the country: Detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz” were being held for up to nearly two hours in small metal cages roughly the size of a phone booth.

The practice at the now-shuttered facility is …

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