"The human rights group said migrants held at the state-run Everglades facility, and at Miami's Krome immigration processing center operated by a private company on behalf of the Trump administration, continue to be exposed to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment rising in some cases to torture. The cage, known to detainees as the box, is used by guards for the arbitrary punishment of trivial or non-existent offenses, according to the report compiled from interviews with detainees and advocacy groups,"
""It's a box outside, exposed to the south Florida sun and humidity, and exposed to mosquitos, one detainee told the group. One time, two people in my cell were calling out to the guards telling them that I needed my medication. Ten guards rushed into the cell and threw them to the ground. They were taken to the box' and punished just for trying to help me. I saw a guy who was put in it for an entire day.""
"The Florida department of emergency management (DEM) operates Alligator Alcatraz independently of federal facilities under the umbrella of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Molly Best, press secretary to Florida's Republican governor Ron DeSantis, told the Guardian the Amnesty report was nothing more than a politically motivated attack. None of these fabrications are true. In fact, running these allegations without any evidence whatsoever could jeopardize the safety and security of our staff and those being housed at Alligator Alcatraz, she said."
Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz were shackled in a two-foot metal cage and left outside without water for up to a day. The cage, called the box, was used for arbitrary punishment of trivial or non-existent offenses. Migrants at the Everglades facility and Miami's Krome processing center were exposed to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, sometimes amounting to torture. One detainee described exposure to sun, humidity and mosquitos, and guards throwing detainees to the ground before confining them in the box. The Florida Department of Emergency Management operates Alligator Alcatraz independently of federal ICE; a governor's press secretary denied the allegations.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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