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Detainees at a remote immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades say theres no water for bathing, bright lights that never turn off, and massive mosquitoes everywhere, according to multiple news reports.
The detention site, which Republicans have dubbed Alligator Alcatraz was hastily constructed in recent weeks and is touted by the Trump administration as a hyper-secure facility surrounded by alligators and snakes.
Reports from detainees and their family members detail a facility with abysmal living conditions and little access to counsel.
Theres over 400 people here. Theres no water to take a bath, its been four days since Ive taken a bath, Leamsy La Figura, a Cuban musician and detainee who faces charges of aggravated assault, told CBS News Miami.
Multiple women similarly told The Miami Herald that their husbands, who are detainees at the facility, couldnt shower for multiple days. Two women told the publication that there wasnt water to flush the toilets when their husbands first arrived.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/everglades-immigration-detention-conditions_n_686debd1e4b07e11dd99a514
Ah, but the cruelty is the point, isn't it?
SheltieLover
(76,738 posts)yardwork
(68,961 posts)dutch777
(4,875 posts)And red meat for the base.
yardwork
(68,961 posts)Torchlight
(6,307 posts)is my guess.
GusBob
(8,111 posts)There will be some formerly well-heeled folks living there
Jilly_in_VA
(13,798 posts)not even to them. Leavenworth, yesm or Marion, IL, but not this. That place should be torn down and the remains erased.
hlthe2b
(112,794 posts)mosquito-borne disease, which will not remain confined to posing a risk to nearby Miccosukee Indians but will reproduce madly, propagate infection, and pretty soon, guess what guys? Malaria, Dengue, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, West Nile Virus, and that's but a start. Not to mention the enteric disease they will set up with this lack of hygiene and HEAT.
This is beyond criminal. These are crimes against humanity. Maybe we will live long enough to see some of the responsible brought before the Hague--as they surely should.