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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges

an aerial view of a detention facility
An aerial view of the south Florida immigration jail known as Alligator Alcatraz on 4 July 2025. Photograph: Pedro Portal/Miami Herald via Getty Images

Detainees at the notorious Florida immigration jail known as “Alligator Alcatraz” were shackled inside a 2ft high metal cage and left outside without water for up to a day at a time, a shocking report published on Thursday by Amnesty International alleges.

The human rights group said migrants held at the state-run Everglades facility, and at Miami’s Krome immigration processing center operated by a private company on behalf of the Trump administration, continue to be exposed to “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” rising in some cases to torture.

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