The South Florida Detention Facility, and nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz, is a former immigration detention facility located at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport inside Big Cypress National Preserve in Ochopee, Florida, United States. Managed by the Florida Division of Emergency Management, it was the first state-run facility to hold federal immigration detainees in the United States at an estimated cost of US$1.2 billion.
The South Florida Detention Facility, and nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz, is a former immigration detention facility located at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport inside Big Cypress National Preserve in Ochopee, Florida, United States. Managed by the Florida Division of Emergency Management, it was the first state-run facility to hold federal immigration detainees in the United States at an estimated cost of US$1.2 billion.
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