Urgent Action outcome: 'Alligator Alcatraz' finally shut down

After nearly a year of horrors, the Florida governor announced on 25 June 2026 that the Everglades Detention Facility, aka 'Alligator Alcatraz', has finally been shut down.

NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUESTED FROM OUR SUPPORTERS. MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT APPEALS.

The Everglades Detention Facility, also known as 'Alligator Alcatraz', opened in the US state of Florida in July 2025 to detain migrants and asylum seekers. A year later, the facility has been shut down.

Research by Amnesty International concluded that people arbitrarily detained in the facility were being held in inhumane and unsanitary conditions including overflowing toilets with faecal matter seeping into where people are sleeping, limited access to showers, exposure to insects without protective measures, lights on 24 hours a day, poor-quality food and water, and lack of privacy – including cameras above the toilets.

Amnesty International launched a global campaign aligned with the release of the report 'Torture and enforced disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome in Florida'. The report launch included an art exhibit at the SCOPE Art Show as part of Miami Art Week, billboards in the state of Florida, and thousands of petition signatures and online action emails to Governor DeSantis from sections around the world. The report and subsequent campaigning also resulted in a US Congressional investigation into the facility.

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