- A Department of Homeland Security inspector general report revealed severe non-compliance at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in Florida, including bug-infested showers and a lack of clean water.
- Detainees at the facility were confined in phonebooth-sized metal cages used as self-described calming areas, a practice federal investigators called unprecedented and inhumane.
- The facility was built to support President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign at a cost of $300 million, operating for one year before closing.
- A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson denied claims of inhumane conditions, stating the facility was consistent with past administration standards.
- Alligator Alcatraz faces ongoing lawsuits from former detainees over unsanitary conditions and from environmental groups over ecological damage to the Everglades.
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