Detention-Camps

Detention-Camps

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

| Importance: 9/10

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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ICE cancels $3.8B Fort Bliss contract amid corruption concerns, awards to inexperienced firm

| Importance: 8/10

ICE awarded a $3.8 billion contract to Deployed Resources on April 10 for Fort Bliss tent detention camp, then terminated it three days later “for convenience” amid corruption allegations. The contract was then awarded to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a tiny Virginia company with no …

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