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Human Rights Watch Uncovers Life-Threatening Abuses at Alligator Alcatraz and Other Florida Detention Sites

A 92-page report has prompted demands for independent oversight with roughly 900 men still housed in tents at the Everglades camp.

An aerial view of Krome North Service Processing Center, one of three Florida immigration detention facilities whose conditions were documented in a Human Rights Watch report published Monday.
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Work progresses on a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Florida.
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Overview

  • The report by Human Rights Watch, Americans for Immigrant Justice and Sanctuary of the South documents systemic abuses since January at Krome North, Broward Transitional Center and the Federal Detention Center in Miami.
  • Investigators linked chronic overcrowding, denial of medical care and degrading treatment to at least two detainee deaths.
  • Detainees described constant lighting, unsanitary conditions, insect-infested meals, broken phones and forced kneeling and shackling during meals and transport.
  • Alligator Alcatraz, the $225 million Everglades-based facility, has housed nearly 900 men in tents since its late June opening under state funds and emergency orders despite plans for a 5,000-bed capacity.
  • The report’s release has intensified legal challenges under federal, tribal and environmental laws and prompted lawmakers and rights groups to demand independent oversight and community-based alternatives.