Alligator Alcatraz is closed. The fight that shut it down isn’t over. - BT News
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"Alligator Alcatraz," the detention center built in the heart of the Everglades is shutting down. State officials say it's because of hurricane season. But a year of sustained pressure from grassroots organizing tells a different story.

Just over one year after Florida announced it would open, “Alligator Alcatraz,” is shutting down.  The immigrant detention center was built in the heart of the Everglades, a 60-mile-wide stretch of protected wetlands in south Florida. State officials have framed the closure as a practical response to hurricane season. But BreakThrough News reported on the […]

Craig Birchfield , July 3, 2026

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