Every Sunday afternoon, convoys of protesters from all over Florida, and others from out of state, descend on the notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in the Everglades to stand vigil for those held inside. “When I talked to him this week he was like, ‘Listen, you know, they’re not giving people court dates, they’re not standing before a judge. Decades later, Reynolds, 81, looks at “Alligator Alcatraz” and questions what has changed. Nothing she has experienced has angered her as much as the alleged treatment of detainees inside “Alligator Alcatraz”. “It’s not a matter of if ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and the rest of the sprawling, cruel detention network will one day shut down, it’s a matter of when.

Source: The Guardian December 27, 2025 08:30 UTC