Florida Soft-Sided Facility

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

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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