Migrants held in the swamp detention centre describe “nightmare” conditions, with not enough toilets, cages awash with human waste and lights on 24 hours a day.
Donald Trump toured the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention centre earlier this month. The mega-jail can house up to 3000 migrants. AP
Cooped up like “chickens in cages”, eaten alive by bloodthirsty mosquitoes and living in cells said to be awash with human waste and filth.
These are just some of the appalling conditions described at Alligator Alcatraz, the Florida prison that has become the latest symbol of the Trump administration’s uncompromising attitude on immigration enforcement.
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