Florida emergency management agency must release communications with feds, court rules

By: Liv Caputo

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: January 27, 2026

Words: 568

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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The Florida agency in charge of the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility must release all texts, emails, and other communications with federal authorities about how the migrant center was set up and run, a Leon County judge ruled Tuesday.

The Florida Division of Emergency Management has just over two weeks to disclose these records to the non-profit Friends of the Everglades, Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey in Leon County said. The decision comes amid a six-month …

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