Alligator Alcatraz

This week on "The Florida Roundup," we spoke with Your Florida state government team reporter Meghan Bowman about a new report detailing the state’s spending on immigration efforts and another highlighting abuses at the now-defunct migrant detention center in the Everglades.

José Javier Rodríguez, the Democratic nominee for Florida Attorney, is calling for a "full investigation" into an internal report by the Department of Homeland Security that found inhumane detention practices at the now-defunct Everglades migrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz."

Legislators approved $250 million for the Florida Division of Emergency Management. Some will go toward hurricane relief, but a large portion will pay vendors for completed work at "Alligator Alcatraz."

A new report from the Department of Homeland Security reveals substandard conditions detainees were living in at the immigration detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz. Lawmakers say they aren't surprised by its findings.

A new report by the Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General called it a practice that “does not meet standards for humane treatment.” DHS said any allegations of inhumane conditions are false.

State lawmakers received an accounting less than an hour before a budget meeting to decide whether to hand over more tax dollars.

A pair of private, for-profit companies involved in the controversial operations and medical care at Alligator Alcatraz are positioning themselves as potential contractors for at least five new adult detention facilities sought by the Florida Highway Patrol.

Detainees at the immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” were relocated months ago. Generators were removed and the tents broken down. But environmental groups said the legal case questioning the facility's effects isn't over.

The Center for Biological Diversity withdrew the suit after satellite and aerial imagery showed the alleged "air-polluting equipment" had been largely dismantled and removed.

Nearly a year to the day since it opened, the immigration detention center in the Everglades is empty. But attorneys on the case to shut it down said the work is not done yet.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said the center was always meant to be only temporary until more permanent detention centers could be secured, and federal officials now have that capacity.

DHS did not say how many detainees were transferred or where they were taken. Nor did it say whether the facility would close permanently or only temporarily.