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Alligator Alcatraz leans on myth steeped in racism
Key to the marketing ploy underpinning Florida's detention camp in the Everglades is the alligator, portrayed by Republican leaders as a blood-thirsty prison guard ready to attack anyone who escapes.
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Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said
But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.  President Donald Trump, federal officials and ...
The Original Alcatraz Closed for Costing Too Much. Alligator Alcatraz Should Too.
Florida’s elected officials should learn from the original facility that inspired the state’s newest immigrant detention ...
Retired Florida planner questions if any plans were made in advance of surprise prison
Jim Beever spent much of his career reviewing large developments in the Collier County area, which is where the detention ...
Florida’s disaster pipeline funnels millions to politically connected contractors
The state’s emergency rules allow Gov. Ron DeSantis to suspend state laws and a competitive bidding process to award millions ...
Naples Daily News on MSN20d
What to know about Alcatraz: Former prison doesn't have alligators, pythons. Sharks? Yes
Land in the Everglades once designated to be a jetport, is now being turned into a detention center for migrants and being called Alligator Alcatraz.
Florida to detain migrants in new Everglades facility dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility the state is billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – ...
Alligator Alcatraz is psychological terrorism
The Trump administration created a mosquito-plagued gulag where prisoners’ forbearance is tested. Many things are wrong with ...