Detainees report alleged uprising at 'Alligator Alcatraz': 'A lot of people have bled'

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Source: The Guardian

Fri 29 Aug 2025 12.37 EDT
Last modified on Fri 29 Aug 2025 13.00 EDT


Guards at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail deployed teargas and engaged in a mass beating of detainees to quell a mini-uprising, it was reported on Friday. The allegations, made by at least three detainees in phone calls to Miami’s Spanish language news channel Noticias 23, come as authorities race to empty the camp in compliance with a judge’s order to close the remote tented camp in the Everglades wetlands.

The incident took place after several migrants held there began shouting for “freedom” after one received news a relative had died, according to the outlet. A team of guards then rushed in and began beating individuals indiscriminately with batons, and fired teargas at them, the detainees said.

“They’ve beaten everyone here, a lot of people have bled. Brother, teargas. We are immigrants, we are not criminals, we are not murderers,” one of the men reportedly told Noticias 23 in a call. The detainees claimed a fire alarm was sounding continuously, and a helicopter was heard circling overhead.

Reports of “inhumane” conditions and brutality at the camp, where migrants are held in metal cages as they await deportation, have become commonplace. Donald Trump and Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, celebrated its harsh environment as they toured the facility together when it opened last month.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/alligator-alcatraz-uprising-florida-immigration

[Marthe48]

1. Crimes against humanity

Every single day.

[LymphocyteLover]

5. you took the words out of my mouth

[Solly Mack]

7. Yes

[Mr.WeRP]

14. When we take back the country or Trump is dead

Whichever comes first, prosecutions of those who complied must start.

[Volaris]

18. MUST being the operative word. Let the magas scream theyre being persecuted, i dont care.

This has to he NON-NEGOTIABLE for dem party leadership, and yes, this IS a fucking 'purity test', straight up. Anybody NOT on board with oversight and a working dept of justice can happily get kicked to the fucking curb.

[Norrrm]

2. Spoiled food. Inadequate water. Huge profits for favored contractors.

[LymphocyteLover]

6. grifting for cruelty

[rubbersole]

15. Should be the name of Lara tr*mp's backup band.

[Volaris]

19. Trump and the Cruelty Grifters. Perfect!

[chowder66]

3. Disgusting and barbaric. I hope to hell the abusers are prosecuted at some point.

[Blues Heron]

4. Some sick shit going on in this country these days.

[NoMoreRepugs]

8. DuhhSantis so wants to be as horrible as VonSchitzInPants.

[bronxiteforever]

9. Alligator Abu Ghraib.

[BurnDoubt]

10. Don't tear it down.

We're going to need a place to keep the Mis-Administration.
Let the Aligators in.

[Prairie Gates]

11. Democrats have to say that any officer or official committing a crime during this regime

will be prosecuted

[IcyPeas]

12. They're all fucking sadists... just like dog killer noem

[Dave Bowman]

13. Reminds me of Abu Ghraib. 🙁

[sop]

16. Trump will have to issue blanket pardons for everyone who worked at ICE during his misadministration.

[Marthe48]

17. The crimes against POC and foreign nationals is hard to hear about every day

I think I was the only person in my family who was not overtly racist. Even after I left home, I knew I could be better, and I keep trying to be a better person. My husband and I hosted 6 exchange students, were liaisons for numerous host families and students and mentored 12 international college students from 1995 to about 2016. Becoming involved with and attached to the students we met gave us some of the best relationships we've had in our lives. On top of the one on one friendships we formed, we also got to know the natural families of the students, and local families who supported the exchange programs and made their own relationships with students hosted in our area. The bonds we formed have held up over the years.

It makes me angry that the people I met over the years, who fell in love with the U.S.A. and also the people they met are being treated like crap. Some of the students we met have legally made the U.S. their home, but I bet nothing they've done, either to be here legally or the contributions they've made since they arrived, matters to the criminals demeaning the human connections that so many of us made with people from other countries. I won't stop being how I am, but I haven't discovered how to turn the tide.

[bluestarone]

20. I can just about visualize how people are being treated there.

Holy fuck!!! INHUMAN bastards in charge.

[kskiska]

21. That's exactly what is was meant to be.