Rep. Wasserman Schultz Describes 'Appalling' Conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Facility

Appalling Conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz'

• ⚠️ The conditions observed at the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility are described as appalling and nothing less than an internment camp.
• ⛓️ Detainees are housed in cages, packed wall-to-wall with humans, with 32 individuals per cage.
• 🚽 Within these cages are bunk beds and three small toilet units, each with an attached sink, used for both drinking water and personal hygiene.

Inadequate Nutrition and Environment

• 🍽️ Employee meals consist of large portions of roast chicken and sausages, while detainees receive only a small turkey and cheese sandwich, an apple, and chips, raising concerns about nutritional sustenance.
• 🌡️ The medical intake area, even within a supposedly air-conditioned tent, registered 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
• 🚫 Access to meet with detainees and enter dormitories was refused without specific reason.

Concerns and Calls for Action

• 🧐 While told only those in final deportation stages are present, there are doubts, with indications of detainees who are not criminals.
• 🦟 Bugs were found on mattresses in an unfinished dormitory.
• 💧 One detainee reported being poisoned by Clorox in the water, requiring hospitalization for 4 days.
• 🚨 The facility is called a stunt where human beings are being abused, and there is a strong call for it to be shut down.