James Uthmeier

Florida opens "Alligator Alcatraz" tent detention camp in Everglades at $450 million annual cost

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Florida opened a 3,000-5,000 person tent detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades wetlands, costing $450 million annually—three times the cost of existing facilities. Attorney General James Uthmeier boasted detainees who escape would face “alligators and …

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