Another MAGAt Failure - Alligator Alcatraz to Close

[Rotadom]

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to be vacated in compliance with court order to shut it​

Reported email by Florida official confirms state will shutter prison though governor Ron DeSantis has appealed




Richard Luscombe in Miami and Associated Press
Wed 27 Aug 2025 15.22 EDT


Florida’s immigration jail known as “Alligator Alcatraz” will probably be empty of detainees within days, a state official has said, indicating compliance with a judge’s order last week that the facility must close.
The Republican governor Ron DeSantis’s administration appealed the order by federal court judge Kathleen Williams that the tented detention camp in the Florida Everglades, which attracted criticism for its harsh conditions, must be dismantled within 60 days.

But in an email reported Wednesday by the Associated Press, Kevin Guthrie, executive director of the Florida department of emergency management, which operates the jail on behalf of the federal government, appeared to confirm it would be shuttered.

 

[Mrtenant]

Good, they can dodge the certainty of a hurricane disaster. Plus- really? So cringe. $450 million wasted on bullshit. Who got the kickbacks?

 

[Hel_Books]

‘Alligator Alcatraz’​

'Alligator Auschwitz' more like.

 

[butters]

I'm glad it's being closed but embarrassed for America that it's being shuttered because of 'harm to the Everglades' rather than the shame of it's disgusting inhumanity to man. Still, the judge is using the tools she has at her disposal and rightly stated that it's been a long-standing issue to protect and restore the Everglades under law.

 

[Lazaran]

Good, they can dodge the certainty of a hurricane disaster. Plus- really? So cringe. $450 million wasted on bullshit. Who got the kickbacks?

Waste.

Fraud.

Abuse.



We. Told. Them. So.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Who got the kickbacks?

Runty Ronnie DeSantis.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Heaven forbid that we would put criminals in prison.

 

[Saint_Ann]

A judge costs the American taxpayers $450 million and the left cheers because of TDS.

 

[Bn2f]

 

[Rotadom]

Funny how all the MAGAts were so happy with Alligator Auschwitz opening have no opinions on its closing.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Funny how all the MAGAts were so happy with Alligator Auschwitz opening have no opinions on its closing.

They'll just have to find somewhere else to put them. You're not really a big picture kinda guy, are ya?

 

[ll74]

Heaven forbid that we would put criminals in prison.

Immigration efforts aren't stopping due to this.

 

[ll74]

A judge costs the American taxpayers $450 million and the left cheers because of TDS.

The administration cost taxpayers $450 million because they didn't do their due diligence.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Immigration efforts aren't stopping due to this.

I'm not sure that means what you think it means.

 

[Saint_Ann]

The administration cost taxpayers $450 million because they didn't do their due diligence.

It's just more lawfare.

 

[ll74]

It's just more lawfare.

Lol ..any dip shit understands how permitting works. Wouldve taken one more month and probably less due to the governor speeding it up. Then any court challenge wouldn't have mattered.

Instead, they are incompetent.

 

[ll74]

I'm not sure that means what you think it means.

It means the Administration's immigration efforts.

 

[Saint_Ann]

It means the Administration's immigration efforts.

Yeah, still vague as hell.

 

[ll74]

Yeah, still vague as hell.

Not at all. This center being closed means nothing to the overall administration's immigration effort. I.e. everything they are doing towards immigration. (Border deportation, arrests...detention...etc..etc)

 

[Saint_Ann]

Not at all. This center being closed means nothing to the overall administration's immigration effort. I.e. everything they are doing towards immigration. (Border deportation, arrests...detention...etc..etc)

You gotta stick the bodies somewhere.

 

[ll74]

You gotta stick the bodies somewhere.

No shortage of that. They have plenty of space, money and willing contractors ready to get rich.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Lol ..any dip shit understands how permitting works. Wouldve taken one more month and probably less due to the governor speeding it up. Then any court challenge wouldn't have mattered.

Instead, they are incompetent.

Judge Kathleen Williams was appointed by the Obama administration.

 

[ll74]

Judge Kathleen Williams was appointed by the Obama administration.

And? Are you suggesting that EPA violations did not occur?

 

[Saint_Ann]

And? Are you suggesting that EPA violations did not occur?

Could have. Was it snail darters?

 

[ll74]

Could have. Was it snail darters?

Who decides whether they were?

Is it only judges appointed by certain people? Refresh my memory.