Alligator Alcatraz remains a mystery because state won’t talk about it

Editor’s note: The story was updated to add new information.

Alligator Alcatraz, the immigration detention center located in Big Cypress National Preserve, remains open six months after it was built under protest and mystery.

Families of those detained, journalists, the public and many legislators are just as in the dark as they were in July about how the facility is run, who is there, who has been there and been deported and who works there…

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