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Latest revision as of 00:02, 21 July 2026
Staging/Hold facility
a.k.a. Alligator Alcatraz; Everglades Detention Facility; South Florida Detention Facility
- Operator
- state government
- Contractor
- Florida Division of Emergency Management
- Location
- Ochopee, Collier, Florida
- Capacity
- ~1341 ADP
- Opened
- 2025
- Status
- Closed
Florida Soft-Sided Facility is a immigration-detention staging facility in Ochopee, Florida, operated by Florida Division of Emergency Management. The ICE List documents it as a concentration camp - a site of civil immigration detention operated by, or under contract to, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Overview
- Designation: Staging/Hold facility
- Operator: state government
- Contractor: Florida Division of Emergency Management
- Location: Ochopee, Collier, Florida
- Capacity: ~1341 ADP
- Opened: 2025
- Status: Closed
Documented conditions and incidents
State-run camp opened July 2025, detention ended June 25, 2026; Amnesty International concluded conditions "constitute torture"; Earthjustice (NEPA) and ACLU (legal access) lawsuits.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org
- aclu.org
- earthjustice.org