US EditionInside 'Alligator Alcatraz': Color-Coded Uniforms, 5:30 Am Breakfast and Strict Rules
The facility operates under lawsuits from civil rights and environmental groups and faces a federal order to wind down over lack of proper environmental review, officials said.
- Detainees arriving at the center receive color-coded uniforms and wristbands, then are segregated by criminal history and flight risk, the handbook given to detainees shows.
- Built this summer by the state of Florida, the detention center faces three lawsuits from environmental and civil rights groups who argue it operates outside Department of Homeland Security channels.
- The handbook lists strict hygiene and dress rules, providing soap, shampoo, barbering services and limiting personal religious items while enforcing uniform and behavior rules for detainees.
- Legal filings show the handbook and access disputes, with civil rights groups on Monday asking a federal judge in Fort Myers to enjoin the facility while Mark Saunders, The Nakamoto Group, said all attorney meetings are granted and a private contractor official disputed confidentiality claims.
- The handbook's strict portrayal contrasts with detainees' reports shortly after opening that toilets sometimes didn’t flush and showers were skipped.
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Color-coded uniforms common inside Alligator Alcatraz
Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands and then segregated based on their criminal history and whether they're considered a flight risk, according to a handbook…
Immigrants detained in a Florida facility known as “Alcatraz de los Caimans” receive color-coded uniforms and bracelets and are subsequently separated according to their criminal history and if they are considered as a risk of escape, according to a manual received by detainees.
Inside Alligator Alcatraz, where detainees’ uniform color is based on criminal history
Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands, then segregated based on their criminal history and whether they’re considered a flight risk, according to a handbook given to detainees. The handbook presents strict rules on hygiene and dress, portraying an environment inside the remote detention center that starkly contrasts with the de…
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz,' where detainees' uniform color is based on criminal history
Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades are given color-coded uniforms and segregated based on criminal history and flight risk. That is according to a handbook made public as part of a lawsuit over attorney access…
Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz,' detainees must wear color-coded uniforms based on criminal history
Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades are given color-coded uniforms and segregated based on criminal history and flight risk. That is according to a handbook made public as part of a lawsuit over attorney access…
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