Overview

• Lindsey, a former corrections officer, authenticated her accounts with Florida state credentials and a GardaWorld staffing contract, describing the tents as overcrowded “oversized kennels.”
• She said each tent held eight cages of 35 to 38 people, leaving nearly 300 detainees without sunlight, clocks or regular showers.
• Lindsey’s documentation and firsthand descriptions detailed frequent sewage backups, flooding during storms and swarms of mosquitoes inside the holding areas.
• On August 2, the Florida Department of Financial Services executed a $38 million contract with GardaWorld Federal Services to staff the state-built detention site.
• DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin has declared the allegations false, even as human-rights reports and civil-rights lawsuits continue to mount.