Advocates demand closure of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, citing appalling conditions

Non-profit groups say detained immigrants in Florida are denied medical care and living in ‘cages flooded with feces’Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, confirmed that 14 Mexican citizens are held at the controversial “Alligator Alcatraz” jail in Florida, as local organizations and doctors call for the facility’s shuttering.On Tuesday, a number of non-profit organizations held a press conference demanding the closure of the facility based in the rural Everglades region almost 40 miles (64km) from Miami, run by the state of Florida, to detain immigrants. According to advocates, the 39-acre camp now holds more than 1,000 men in “flood-prone” tents. Continue reading...

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