The Brushy Mountain State Prison of the Everglades
I grew up about 20 miles from Brushy Mountain State Prison. You may remember it as the place James Earl Ray was held until, briefly, he wasn’t. He escaped and was re-captured. The appeal of Brushy Mountain included rough terrain and venomous snakes that inhabited the surrounding area. Copperhead Alcatraz. I once visited the prison as a project of the local prisoner’s aid society.
Now, Ron DeSantis wants to transplant Brushy Mountain to the Florida Everglades.
“By now you’ve likely seen the new name for the facility that the pair are meeting up to cut the ribbon for on Tuesday. “Alligator Alcatraz” is opening at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the Florida Everglades. It will have up to 5,000 beds to hold immigrant detainees and process them for deportation. The facility will cost about $450 million a year in operational costs, according to the Associated Press. The state of Florida will pay to run the facility and the federal government will reimburse Florida with FEMA funds that are typically used to house people displaced by natural disasters.”
Made for TV. This is just another excuse to immiserate immigrants and jolly up the MAGA base. How pathetic and lame.
DeSantis anti-immigrant stunt
Now, Ron DeSantis wants to transplant Brushy Mountain to the Florida Everglades.
“By now you’ve likely seen the new name for the facility that the pair are meeting up to cut the ribbon for on Tuesday. “Alligator Alcatraz” is opening at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the Florida Everglades. It will have up to 5,000 beds to hold immigrant detainees and process them for deportation. The facility will cost about $450 million a year in operational costs, according to the Associated Press. The state of Florida will pay to run the facility and the federal government will reimburse Florida with FEMA funds that are typically used to house people displaced by natural disasters.”
Made for TV. This is just another excuse to immiserate immigrants and jolly up the MAGA base. How pathetic and lame.
DeSantis anti-immigrant stunt