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Anonymousabout 3 hours ago

Florida is shutting down its state-run "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in the Everglades by June 2026, less than a year after it opened. Built in eight days using emergency powers at a cost that ballooned to $573 million and counting, the facility drew international condemnation over conditions Amnesty International described as torture, while its per-detainee costs ran more than five times the national ICE average — with zero federal reimbursement received to date.