Calls Mount to Close Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Amid Detainee Suffering and Climate Challenges
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A makeshift detention camp in the Florida Everglades, dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz,' is criticized for harsh conditions worsened by climate change, including extreme heat, flooding, and mosquito-borne diseases, raising concerns about environmental and human rights impacts.
- ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is harsh. Climate change is making it even harsher. Yale Climate Connections
- Detainee accounts of Alligator Alcatraz conditions: Fungus, mosquitoes and lack of food NBC News
- Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Lack of Access to Counsel for People Held at Florida’s Notorious Everglades Immigration Detention Center American Civil Liberties Union
- Another ‘Alligator Alcatraz' detainee describes ‘torturous' conditions NBC 6 South Florida
- Florida nonprofits, doctors, families of detainees call for immediate shutdown of Alligator Alcatraz CBS News
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