Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Sparks Major Concern as Construction Begins: ‘An Obscene Human Rights Violation’
Florida has begun building a new migrant detention center deep in the Everglades, springing into action after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) approved the development. But activists and locals have already raised major concerns, citing environmental and human rights issues. The detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its location, was spearheaded by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who said on Monday that the center is part of his aim to “support President Trump and [Homeland Security] Secretary Kristi Noem in their mission to fix our illegal immigration problem once and for all.”
Three Harris County Jail Inmates Die Within 48-Hour Span, Marking 10 In-Custody Deaths in 2025
From 2023 through 2024, the state commission issued 149 notices of noncompliance and referred the Harris County Jail to the Texas Attorney General’s Office earlier this year after repeated violations. Ten people reportedly died while in custody last year, according to information released by the sheriff’s office. That was a decrease from 2023, when 19 people died. Twenty-seven in-custody deaths were reported in 2022 — the highest number in nearly two decades, according to county records and data from the Texas Justice Initiative.
‘Helpless and Trapped’: Political Prisoners Stuck in Tehran Jail With no Way to Flee Bombings
When Mehraveh Khandan heard about Israel’s evacuation order in Tehran last week, the first thing she thought of was her father. Reza Khandan, imprisoned for his human rights activism in 2024, was sitting in a cell in Tehran’s Evin prison on the edge of the evacuation zone. She fielded calls from her friends, who were breathless from the shock of the Israeli bombs as tens of thousands fled the Iranian capital. Her father, by contrast, had no way to flee. He was stuck.
More Than a Dozen People Killed in Kenya During Anti-Government Protests, Human Rights Group Says
Thousands of Kenyans took to the streets on Wednesday to commemorate last year’s protests, in which more than 60 people died. Sixteen people have died and hundreds of others have been injured. The protests come a year after deadly demonstrations against a tax bill resulted in the storming of parliament. Amnesty Kenya’s executive director Irungu Houghton told Reuters that 16 people had been “verified as dead”. “Most were killed by police,” he added, saying at least five people had been shot dead.