{"id":73459,"date":"2026-05-13T09:55:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/failed-experiment-in-human-suffering-alligator-alcatraz-immigration-jail-to-close\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:55:26","slug":"failed-experiment-in-human-suffering-alligator-alcatraz-immigration-jail-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/failed-experiment-in-human-suffering-alligator-alcatraz-immigration-jail-to-close\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Failed experiment in human suffering\u2019: Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail to close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>State officials told vendors at the facility to prepare for a breakdown of the tented camp beginning next month<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An alliance of environmental groups and immigration advocates has welcomed what looks to be the imminent closure of Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious immigration jail in the remote Florida Everglades <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jul\/01\/trump-alligator-alcatraz-immigration-florida\">celebrated by Donald Trump<\/a> for its harsh conditions.<\/p>\n<p>State officials told vendors at the facility on Tuesday to prepare for a breakdown of the tented camp beginning next month, the New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/12\/us\/florida-alligator-alcatraz-detention-closure.html\">reported<\/a>, citing its ongoing cost.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/13\/alligator-alcatraz-south-florida-detention-center-closure\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State officials told vendors at the facility to prepare for a breakdown of the tented camp beginning next month Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email An alliance of environmental groups and immigration advocates has welcomed what looks to be the imminent closure of Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious immigration jail in the remote &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018Failed experiment in human suffering\u2019: Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail to close\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/failed-experiment-in-human-suffering-alligator-alcatraz-immigration-jail-to-close\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018Failed experiment in human suffering\u2019: Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail to close\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}