Amnesty Intl: Alligator Alcatraz ‘Box’ May Amount to Torture

Immigrants at a Florida immigration detention center, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” were shackled and left outside in a 2-foot-high metal cage for up to a day without water, according to a report published Thursday by Amnesty International.

The group visited the lockup in September.

The 61-page report stated that immigrants were being held in “inhuman and unsanitary conditions, including overflowing toilets with fecal matter seeping into where people are sleeping, limited access to showers, exposure to insects without protective measures, lights on 24 hours a day, poor quality food and water, and lack of privacy.”

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