As Florida prepares to wind down the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” lockup amid high costs and claims that it’s now obsolete, Gov. Ron DeSantis reflected Wednesday on the remote facility’s nine-month run. “We’ve saved taxpayers money,” he told onlookers at an unrelated Brevard County press conference. “We’ve saved taxpayers from medical care and schooling [of undocumented […]
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Florida spent $92 million on toilets at immigration sites: ‘We’ve saved taxpayers money,’ says DeSantis
The total tax dollars spent on “Alligator Alcatraz” and “Deportation Depot” — Florida’s other state-run detention center — is at least $460 million.
