{"id":414337,"date":"2026-09-30T03:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414337\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T03:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:02:19","slug":"orlando-rep-frost-watchdog-confirms-reports-of-inhumane-conditions-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414337\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Rep. Frost: Watchdog Confirms Reports of Inhumane Conditions in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando Representative Maxwell Frost said that a federal watchdog confirmed reports of inhumane conditions in Florida at \u201cAlligator Alcatraz.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Central Florida Congressman reacted after a Department of Homeland Security Inspector General report was released this month.<\/p>\n

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Orlando Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost said the report confirmed that detainees at the now-shuttered \u201cAlligator Alcatraz\u201d were held in outdoor metal cages as small as 16 square feet for extended periods of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s report confirms what we already knew: what happened at Alligator Alcatraz was disgusting, inhumane, and a stain on Florida\u2019s history,\u201d Democratic Congressman Maxwell Frost stated. \u201cI saw those conditions with my own eyes. I went to Alligator Alcatraz twice, and before both visits, I was specifically told to see \u201cthe cage\u201d in the recreation area \u2014 including that there had been blood inside it. Both times, I was assured the cages were no longer being used. Now we know that wasn\u2019t true. The federal government\u2019s own watchdog confirmed that people were being held in outdoor metal cages barely larger than a telephone booth, sometimes for nearly two hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Central Florida Democrat said his efforts on oversight of immigration enforcement will continue beyond Alligator Alcatraz in Florida.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis does not end with Alligator Alcatraz,\u201d Rep. Frost stated. \u201cPeople in ICE custody across America are still facing horrific conditions. I will continue conducting oversight at facilities across Florida and demanding answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check the full Homeland Security Inspector General report on \u201cUnannounced Inspection of ICE\u2019s Florida Soft-Sided Facility\u201d online.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando Representative Maxwell Frost said that a federal watchdog confirmed reports of inhumane conditions in Florida at \u201cAlligator…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3120,17532,44843,21879,705,1877,1841,164156,2223,139,141,140,2007,7892],"class_list":["post-414337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-alligator-alcatraz","tag-democrat","tag-democratic","tag-detention","tag-enforcement","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-inhumane","tag-maxwell-frost","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-treatment","tag-whats-happening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414337","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=414337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}