A group of interfaith leaders visited Tallahassee Thursday seeking access to detainees at Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial migrant detention facility in the Everglades.
It was not the first time they’ve made the request.
Clergy representing six different faiths — from the First United Methodist Church to Judaism — delivered a letter to the Florida Department of Emergency Management seeking permission from the state to provide one-on-one chaplaincy services to the detainees at the detention center, a practice that’s common in most other correctional facilities in Florida…