A new Amnesty International investigation says detainees at Florida's Everglades 'Alligator Alcatraz' were confined in small, metal 'box' cells so extreme that the treatment amounts to torture.
Amnesty's fieldwork describes people held for immigration reasons being locked for hours in a tiny outdoor cage known inside the facility as 'the box', deprived of water and shade, exposed to heat and insects, and denied basic medical attention; a pattern the group says is part of a broader system of degrading and unlawful treatment at two Florida detention sites.
