Posted on 06/27/2025 6:37:30 AM PDT by V_TWIN
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida is now using emergency powers to take over a remote, 30-square-mile site in the Everglades to build what some are calling "Alligator Alcatraz."
The site is located at the abandoned Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management confirmed in a June 23 letter to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava that it is immediately occupying the property to support federal immigration enforcement.
The state said the site will hold up to 5,000 immigration detainees and will operate under the current state of emergency. Construction is already underway.
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Not long after I started serving in my church’s prison ministry I was about to head out to one of the facilities when I got a text to stand down for that Sunday.
Turned out a trustee inmate allowed to work outside the prison on a landscaping crew rode his mower over to a tree line, jumped off and took off into the woods.
2 days later they caught him, and as I heard it, he was ready as he was bug bit on every square inch of his body from the ankles up.
Florida has many natural hazzards, some can hardly be seen by the naked eye but are vicious just the same....especially yellow (deer) flies......those little SOBs leave a particularly nasty bite.
Don’t those protesters care about animals? Gators and pythons need to eat, too. It’s a win/win!
“And it’s an airport....HOW CONVENIENT!:
No kidding!!!
IIRC the access road to the site. There is some infrastructure in place and a road to the location.
Hope they have tours in airboats.
All alligator relocation release point should be along this access road and let the protestors see the relocation process in plain sight.
Well, it certainly would qualify as a zoo full of animals.
“Can’t wait for GatorTraz to open.
Hope they have tours in airboats.”
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GATORTRAZ LOL
MUST. GO. VIRAL.
Deer flies- horse flies (Larger, worse bite), Black Flies, No-See-Ums, mosquitos, ticks, etc- Nature is brutal- We get the black flies so thick it’s a chore not to inhale them-
I used to work outside, and used to smoke, to keep them out of my face all the time- We poured cement for a large building once, and for some reason, the black flies swarmed to the cement and was just brutal- totally relentless- was gad to get the first floor on so we were above the cement where the flies were about 1/2 the amount- Still annoying, but better-
The escapee couldn’t risk a fire either- which woulda helped keep fleis away-
I did prison ministry too for awhile- Takes a special person to deal with folks like inmates who lie for a living- I wasn’t the kind of person to deal with them so well- I just couldn’t stand how they tried to constantly con us- I didn’t have a very good attitude at the time about it-
- they had a fella escape with help from a guard, and he had to endure brutal conditions too- bet he was glad to get back to prison lol
Yeah, prison ministry isn’t for everyone.
During DOC orientation/training it was heavily impressed upon the group to be advised that prisons are full of master manipulators.
To that end our ministry decided the best thing to do if an inmate wanted to discuss why he was there, his pending appeals, or especially if they attempted to gain personal information about us the best thing to do as quickly as possible was to bring the conversation back to Jesus.
Also, giving or receiving any items not authorized by the DOC could be grounds for dismissal.
It starts with a paper clip and then can grow to them asking for funds to be put in their DOC account.
A volunteer in my prison ministry allowed that very thing to happen......that was the end of his service in the Florida DOC.
Construction is nearing completion.
[[if an inmate wanted to discuss why he was there, his pending appeals, or especially if they attempted to gain personal information
It starts with a paper clip and then can grow to them asking for funds to be put in their DOC account.]]
Yup- we had strict instructions against revealing anything- but wow did the inmates try to weasel it out of the ministry folks- and we couldn’t even give them a pencil or pen if they asked for it- our answer to them was ‘rules man- no can do’ had ot keep saying that- They are just relentless
“Alligatortraz” just rolls off your tongue!
Go Gators!
Oh wow - that was fast!
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