The Everglades Detention Facility, also known as “Alligator Alcatraz”, opened in the state of Florida in July 2025 to detain migrants and asylum seekers. Finally, after nearly a year of horrors, the Florida governor announced on 25 June 2026 that the facility has finally been shut down. Research by Amnesty International concluded that people arbitrarily detained in the facility were being held in inhumane and unsanitary conditions including overflowing toilets with fecal matter seeping into where people are sleeping, limited access to showers, exposure to insects without protective measures, lights on 24 hours a day, poor quality food and water, and lack of privacy – including cameras above the toilets.
