Florida originally planned $645 million for Doodie Calls; DEM says numbers changed

By: Liv Caputo

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: March 3, 2026

Words: 485

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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Florida’s emergency managers initially projected that Doodie Calls, a Southeast Florida waste management company, would be paid more than $645 million in two years for operations at the “Alligator Alcatraz” and “Deportation Depot” detention centers.

The estimates by the Florida Division of Emergency Management (DEM) were part of calculations made one day before Florida was approved for a $608.4 million federal grant under Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Detention Support Grant Program. Although a DEM …

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