
US lawmakers see two realities at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Democratic lawmakers finally entered Florida’s controversial “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center on Saturday after being blocked earlier. What they saw horrified them, according to reports. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz called conditions “vile,” with 32 men crammed into cage-like units sharing just three toilet-sinks. Temperatures hit 83°F in supposedly air-conditioned areas, with grasshoppers swarming everywhere. Though […]
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