{"id":239324,"date":"2026-04-20T19:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239324\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:33:08","slug":"protesters-hold-vigil-outside-alligator-alcatraz-to-shine-light-on-alleged-claims-of-abuse-cruelty-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239324\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters hold vigil outside \u2018Alligator Alcatraz\u2019 to shine light on alleged claims of abuse, cruelty &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE EVERGLADES, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Protesters stood outside the detention center dubbed \u201cAlligator Alcatraz\u201d to call for change. <\/p>\n<p>The vigil was held on Sunday as the participants demanded that the center be shut down and that those detained are freed. <\/p>\n<p>Protesters said their loved ones are experiencing cruelty and abuse inside the center. <\/p>\n<p>Families have hosted over 30 consecutive weeks of these vigils with hopes of drawing attention from state leaders. <\/p>\n<p>The next one is scheduled for Sunday, April 26. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE EVERGLADES, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Protesters stood outside the detention center dubbed \u201cAlligator Alcatraz\u201d to call for change.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-239324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}