{"id":401447,"date":"2026-09-16T12:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401447\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T12:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:24:10","slug":"alligator-alcatraz-report-raises-alarms-about-floridas-other-immigration-center-sun-sentinel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401447\/","title":{"rendered":"Alligator Alcatraz report raises alarms about Florida\u2019s other immigration center \u2013 Sun Sentinel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DeSantis administration\u2019s failure to ensure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/2026\/09\/14\/alligator-alcatraz-used-small-cages-as-calming-areas-report-says\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">humane standards at Alligator Alcatraz<\/a> raises alarms about a second state-run immigrant detention facility run out of a shuttered prison in north Florida, according to a recently released inspector general report.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Office of the Inspector General wrote that its problematic findings during an unannounced January visit to the now-closed Alligator Alcatraz \u2014 including that dozens of immigrants were held in small metal cages \u2014 are still significant because the detention facility dubbed Deportation Depot remains in operation with little to no federal supervision.<\/p>\n<p>Deportation Depot \u201chas not been internally inspected by ICE\u2019s Office of Detention Oversight, nor was it scheduled for inspection\u201d during the current or upcoming fiscal years, the report states. Nor does U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement appear to monitor the facility for compliance with federal standards.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/immigration\/article317257285.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The DeSantis administration\u2019s failure to ensure humane standards at Alligator Alcatraz raises alarms about a second state-run immigrant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[112,28,30,29,114,115,99,109],"class_list":["post-401447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401447","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=401447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}