Alligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says

Small cages that were used in the ICE detention facility in Ochopee, Florida. Photograph: OIG/DHS Small cages that were used in the ICE detention facility in Ochopee, Florida. Photograph: OIG/DHS US immigration Alligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says Office of inspector general’s report says practice at Florida immigration jail is not aligned with ‘humane treatment’

Prefer the Guardian on Google Before the facility was shuttered , detainees at Florida ’s “Alligator Alcatraz” federal immigration jail were frequently locked in outside metal cages no bigger than a phone booth, according to a damning government watchdog report that said the practice “does not align with standards for humane treatment”.