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Alligator Alcatraz detainees allege inhumane conditions at immigration detention center

www.cbsnews.com Alligator Alcatraz detainees allege inhumane conditions at immigration detention center

Detainees claim they are enduring inhumane conditions, including lack of access to water, inadequate food and denial of religious rights.

Cuban reggaeton artist Leamsy La Figura, arrested last week in Miami-Dade, is now being held at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention facility in the Everglades.

He and other detainees claim they are enduring inhumane conditions, including lack of access to water, inadequate food and denial of religious rights.

La Figura, whose real name is Leamsy Isquierdo, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery. He was initially held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center (TGK) before being transferred to Alligator Alcatraz.

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No shit.

- Funnily he build the concentration camps as soon as he came to power

"They're not respecting our human rights," one man said during the same call. "We're human beings; we're not dogs. We're like rats in an experiment."
"I don't know their motive for doing this, if it's a form of torture. A lot of us have our residency documents and we don't understand why we're here," he added.
A third detainee, who said he is Colombian, described deteriorating mental health and lack of access to necessary medical care.
"I'm on the edge of losing my mind. I've gone three days without taking my medicine," he said. "It's impossible to sleep with this white light that's on all day."
He also claimed his Bible was confiscated.
"They took the Bible I had and they said here there is no right to religion. And my Bible is the one thing that keeps my faith, and now I'm losing my faith," he said.
La Figura's girlfriend said the couple shares a 4-year-old daughter.
Florida authorities have not responded to inhumane conditions allegations

concentration camp
CONCENTRATION CAMP

Alligator Auschwitz
- Alligator Auschwitz Concentration (soon to be death) Camp.
- The appropriate name for a concentration camp. Instead of showers, the camp members get to go swimming!

And here I was thinking that all of the ICE facilities were inhumane.

Am I the only person that would be surprised if this place wasn't inhumane at this point?
- Stephen Miller would be downright pissed off if it wasn't.
  That's what makes him such a colossal pile of human excrement.
  
  Stephen "PeeWee Himmler" Miller

Can we please start calling this what it is. A literal concentration camp.
- Seconded. Alligator Auschwitz is appropriate.

This is horrible. More of these will be built. You (the reader, not the OP (though also the OP)) may end up in one for your final days. When you can, fight this.
The Lincoln Project has some thoughts on future uses. https://youtu.be/3-p00MtEd4Y
- There will definitely be more, and they will make Alligator Auschwitz look like a small town police station lock-up. They have already awarded a $250 million contract to build a 30,000 bed facility in Guantanamo.
  For context Guantanamo currently houses up to about 250 people. The average maximum security prison hold 800-1200. The largest prison, in Angola, LA, holds about 8300. So the new prison in Guantanamo will hold almost 4 times as many as the largest prison, which is already several times larger than average.
  This facility will be on foreign soil (Cuba!), far away from the prying eyes of the media, the courts, lawyers, protesters, family, etc. If they were illegals, they'd be deporting them, so who are they planning on keeping here, and why?
  Also, I've been tracking this development since he first signed the executive order for it several months ago, but I've never heard a single journalist in any media mention it, or ask any member of the administration about it. Most Americans aren't aware of this in the slightest, and the media is helping keep it that way.

Wait, the concentration camp is inhumane???

Yeah, but, you know, we're not like the Nazis were in their final days right now, so it's not a big deal.

Let’s ignore it, not like something like this has happened in the past.

Alligator Alcatraz ~~detainees allege~~ proponents boast about inhumane conditions at immigration detention center

Um, that's the entire point of the place. A qons' wet dream.

How are these people there talking? It’s open enough that they can do interviews?
- Did you…read the article? They said the interview was done over the phone from inside the facility.
  Like, in the third paragraph.
  
  most people nowadays sadly only read headlines and assume they know the entire story :/

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Florida authorities have not responded to inhumane conditions allegations