Overview

• Detainee handbook describes color‑coded uniforms, wristbands, and segregation by criminal history and flight risk.
• Detainees are issued limited personal items and toiletries, face early head counts and a 5:30 a.m. breakfast, and receive up to five hours a week in a law library.
• The handbook’s portrayal contrasts with July reports from detainees who described sewage overflows and long stretches without showers.
• A federal judge ordered a wind‑down in August over missing environmental review, but an appeals panel put that order on hold in early September.
• Civil-rights groups filed a new injunction request in Fort Myers alleging unlawful state or private immigration detention and citing gaps in charges and tracking, while a contractor asserts four private attorney rooms and granted meeting access.