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DHS Watchdog Finds Migrants Held in Phone Booth-Sized Cages at Florida Detention Center

A Department of Homeland Security report condemns the now-closed facility for holding detainees in cramped metal enclosures that violate humane treatment standards.

5 publishers · 5 articles · first seen 14 Sept 2026 · updated 5h ago

First reported by The Guardian US, 41 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published.

  1. The Guardian USAlligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says
  2. The HillFlorida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ confined migrants in 'small metal enclosures': DHS internal watchdog
  3. Mother JonesA New DHS Report Proves Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Were Right All Along
  4. CBS News PoliticsAlligator Alcatraz had cramped conditions, "small metal enclosures," watchdog finds
  5. Times of IndiaIsrael plans crocodile-filled prison moats inspired by Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Sources

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  1. Alligator Alcatraz had cramped conditions, "small metal enclosures," watchdog finds CBS News Politics ·
  2. Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ confined migrants in 'small metal enclosures': DHS internal watchdog The Hill ·
  3. Alligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says The Guardian US ·
  4. Israel plans crocodile-filled prison moats inspired by Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Times of India
  5. A New DHS Report Proves Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Were Right All Along Mother Jones

In this story

  • Department of Homeland Security
  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Alligator Alcatraz

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