Overview

• Detainees describe lack of running water, maggot-infested meals, nonstop lighting, flooding toilets and mosquitoes at the Everglades detention camp.
• Democratic lawmakers have filed suit after state officials denied unscheduled visits citing safety concerns.
• Immigration attorneys report restricted counsel access, recorded calls and delays in bond hearings, raising due process concerns.
• Florida officials maintain the site meets required standards and claim it detains convicted murderers, rapists and gang members.
• Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski and human-rights advocates have condemned the facility’s harsh rhetoric and dehumanizing conditions.