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Former 'Alligator Alcatraz' worker describes 'inhumane' conditions inside

NBC6 spoke with a former corrections officer who says she saw hundreds of people held in cages with no sunlight, backed up toilets and little access to showers.
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“… Lindsey provided NBC6 documentation that shows she arrived at the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” on July 6 and worked at the controversial detention center for about a week before she caught Covid and had to isolate.

… “I was aware that it was going to be the Alligator Alcatraz,” said Lindsey, who added that while she knew she would be living in a shared trailer, she said the conditions were rough for everyone there.

“We had to use the porta-johns. We didn’t have hot water half the time. Our bathrooms were backed up,” she said.

… When talking about the space where detainees are being held, Lindsey said it look like “an oversized kennel.”

She says each tent had eight large cages, which hold 35 to 38 inmates, which means each tent holds close to 300 detainees….”
 
nycfan said:
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www.nbcnews.com

Former 'Alligator Alcatraz' worker describes 'inhumane' conditions inside

NBC6 spoke with a former corrections officer who says she saw hundreds of people held in cages with no sunlight, backed up toilets and little access to showers.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com

“… Lindsey provided NBC6 documentation that shows she arrived at the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” on July 6 and worked at the controversial detention center for about a week before she caught Covid and had to isolate.

… “I was aware that it was going to be the Alligator Alcatraz,” said Lindsey, who added that while she knew she would be living in a shared trailer, she said the conditions were rough for everyone there.

“We had to use the porta-johns. We didn’t have hot water half the time. Our bathrooms were backed up,” she said.

… When talking about the space where detainees are being held, Lindsey said it look like “an oversized kennel.”

She says each tent had eight large cages, which hold 35 to 38 inmates, which means each tent holds close to 300 detainees….”
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“… Lindsey said she was fired from the facility after she caught COVID and she said she was accused of “altering medical paperwork submitted to the company.”

She denied the allegations and said she’s coming forward because of what she saw.…”
 
How long before we feel the impacts of this experiment in terms of labor market. I like the idea of having fewer undocumented people in the US for sake of accounting when it comes to services, etc. I like the idea of our backlog of folks pending asylum processing etc getting down to a manageable level. How and where ICE does their fvckery is inhumane, but it is going be felt in our economy at some point. 1 year? 2 years?
 
gregh1 said:
How long before we feel the impacts of this experiment in terms of labor market. I like the idea of having fewer undocumented people in the US for sake of accounting when it comes to services, etc. I like the idea of our backlog of folks pending asylum processing etc getting down to a manageable level. How and where ICE does their fvckery is inhumane, but it is going be felt in our economy at some point. 1 year? 2 years?
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So you like the idea that trump is fixing the immigration shit show he inherited but don’t like the sometimes inevitable and unfortunate pain that comes along with having to roundup approx. 10 to 15 million people that are running from, hiding from, and assaulting the people tasked with restoring integrity and security to our borders? On a macro level, ICE aren’t the bad guys here. That would be the democratic politicians who premeditatedly encouraged it and facilitated the disaster.
 
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“During a recent nationwide gang surge, ICE arrested over 1,780 individuals, with 1,472 identified as gang members, associates, or those facing criminal charges. Approximately 35% of those arrested had violent criminal histories, and 16 were identified as gang leaders, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Additionally, a separate operation focusing on MS-13 and 18th Street gangs resulted in 274 MS-13 arrests and 15 arrests related to the 18th Street gang.

Here's a more detailed breakdown:
  • Gang Surge Arrests: 1,785 individuals arrested, with 1,472 identified as gang-related.

  • Violent Criminal Histories: Nearly 35% of those arrested had prior violent criminal records.

  • Gang Leaders: 16 individuals arrested were identified as gang leaders.

  • Criminal Charges: ICE also arrested individuals on charges including attempted murder, aggravated assault, and drug/firearms violations.

  • Operation Matador: Targeting MS-13 and other gangs, this operation resulted in 274 MS-13 arrests and 15 arrests associated with the 18th Street gang, according to ICE.

  • Criminal Records: Some gang members arrested had prior criminal histories, including assault
 
Callatoroy said:
“During a recent nationwide gang surge, ICE arrested over 1,780 individuals, with 1,472 identified as gang members, associates, or those facing criminal charges. Approximately 35% of those arrested had violent criminal histories, and 16 were identified as gang leaders, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Additionally, a separate operation focusing on MS-13 and 18th Street gangs resulted in 274 MS-13 arrests and 15 arrests related to the 18th Street gang.

Here's a more detailed breakdown:
  • Gang Surge Arrests: 1,785 individuals arrested, with 1,472 identified as gang-related.

  • Violent Criminal Histories: Nearly 35% of those arrested had prior violent criminal records.

  • Gang Leaders: 16 individuals arrested were identified as gang leaders.

  • Criminal Charges: ICE also arrested individuals on charges including attempted murder, aggravated assault, and drug/firearms violations.

  • Operation Matador: Targeting MS-13 and other gangs, this operation resulted in 274 MS-13 arrests and 15 arrests associated with the 18th Street gang, according to ICE.

  • Criminal Records: Some gang members arrested had prior criminal histories, including assault
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It's great that ICE seems to be arresting more actual criminals now than the first half of the year (and basically any time since the numbers were tracked), when the majority of people they were arresting and deporting had no criminal record (~70+%). And of the ones that did have a criminal record, less than 10% were violent criminals. Back when they were snatching people off the street and admitting they were deporting people by mistake.

Now all of a sudden they are arresting gang members at an 80% rate?

I wonder what the change could be attributed to?
 
How come empathy for the downtrodden and the unfortunate is always more toxic than empathy for those who can help you out?

Making tough policy decisions often impacts certain groups of people negatively and disproportionately. Maintaining empathy - and trying to mitigate the immediate effects of that decision - for those people isn't moral weakness. it's the moral minimum of what should we expect from our decision-makers.
 
I disagree. The campaign to devalue empathy isn't coming from the machinations from an "other" class - i.e. billionaires. The campaign is coming from within us and all our institutions, and owning that is the first step to fighting back.
 
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