Ron DeSantis, Alligator Alcatraz
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Florida, Alcatraz
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"Immediate action was taken to separate and remove the detainee in accordance with federal protocols," said Stephanie Hartman, a spokeswoman for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which oversees the site.
Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with dangerous alligators and pythons.
Days after criticism from residents, an Ohio jail tried to create its own version of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz."
The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.
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It seems that the DeSantis administration just pulled more than a dozen contracts tied to the Everglades Immigration Detention facility from a public database of state contracts. These contracts total more than $200 million in taxpayer spending, and they are public records.
Investigates is learning more about the private company the state is paying millions to run Alligator Alcatraz.