'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees were confined to small metal enclosures, DHS inspector general finds

The government's own inspector general went to Florida's swamp jail and found people held in small metal enclosures. Not activists. Not a rumor. DHS grading its own homework — and failing.

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Oct 10, 2026, 11:27 PM EDT · 1 min read

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INVESTIGATIONS — We read it twice so you don't have to, and it is real. ABC News reports the story under the headline “'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees were confined to small metal enclosures, DHS inspector general finds.”

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