A federal judge has ruled that the immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” must provide people detained there with better access to their attorneys.
Attorneys say detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” still struggle to reach their lawyers, despite state claims that access problems are fixed.
Two former detainees at a Florida immigration center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” testified they faced punishment for seeking legal advice.
A federal judge in Florida wants civil rights attorneys and lawyers for the U.S. and Florida to hammer out a settlement in a lawsuit over whether detainees at an immigration center in the Everglades are getting adequate access to attorneys.
A federal judge in Florida is pushing for a resolution in a lawsuit over detainees' access to attorneys at an immigration detention center in the Everglades.