‘Failed experiment in human suffering’: Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail to close

State officials told vendors at the facility to prepare for a breakdown of the tented camp beginning next month Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email An alliance of environmental groups and immigration advocates has welcomed what looks to be the imminent closure of Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious immigration jail in the remote Florida Everglades celebrated by Donald Trump for its harsh conditions. State officials told vendors at the facility on Tuesday to prepare for a breakdown of the tented camp beginning next month, the New York Times reported, citing its ongoing cost. It was revealed in March that Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, spent $1.2m a day opening and operating the camp that quickly attracted headlines for the brutal treatment of detainees, and had essentially given up on a promised $608m rebate from the Trump administration. At a press conference in Titusville on Wednesday, DeSantis dodged the direct question if Alligator Alcatraz, run by his state’s division of emergency management for the homeland security department (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), would close. But he spoke as if the camp, which he said had processed