The federal judge blocked the administration of US President Donald Trump and the state of Florida in the transfer of any new detained to a remote facility for retention of migrants in Florida Everglades, usually referred to as “Alcatraz alligator”.
The US district judge Kathleen Williams also ordered that parts of the equipment be dismantled because the current detention is moved, according to the court of filing the US District Court for the Southern district of Florida, Reuters reported.
The judge ruled in favor of environmental groups that claimed that the detention facility was a threat to the ecosystem of Everglades and its wilderness.
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The judge stated that she expected the population of the device to drop within 60 days by transferring to other devices, and as soon as this occurred, fencing, lighting and generators should be removed.
She wrote that state and federal defendants cannot bring anyone but those who are already detained in the facility. The Order does not prohibit the modification or repair of existing devices, “which are only to increase safety or mitigating the environment or other risks on the spot,” she said, as Associated Press says.
The preliminary court order includes “those who are in an active concert or participation with” the state of Florida or federal defendants or their officers, agents, employees, “wrote the judge in the 82 -page order.
The judge said that civil servants have never sufficiently explained why the facility must be in the middle of Florida Everglades. “However, it is clear that in its hurry to build a detention camp, the state did not take into account alternative placement,” Williams said.
Attorneys representing both the environmental groups behind the court and the state and federal governments did not respond immediately to the e -mail requests for comment at the end of Thursday.
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President Donald Trump visited the facility last month and appreciated it as a potential model for similar retention centers across the country, as its administration speeds up efforts to expand the detention infrastructure to support the growth of deportations.
The environmental groups, along with the Miccosukee tribe, claimed that the construction and continued operations at the detention site should be stopped until the federal and state authorities do not comply with the environmental regulations. Their court claims that the facilities threaten wetlands that are home to protected species and risks undermine billions of dollars invested in Everglades restoration of effort, and and.
The legal battle took place when the administration of the Republican Governor in Florida Ron Desantis allegedly planned to build a second immigration center in the Florida National Guard in the northern part of the state.
Why does ALCATRAZ prison remain one of the most controversial prisons?
The federal prison of Alcatraz, set on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, has long conquered public imagination, not only for its dramatic environment, but for the deep controversies that surround its history. It was operated in prison from 1934 to 1963 and was designed to hold the most dangerous criminals in the United States.
One of the main reasons why Alcatraz is considered controversial is the harsh treatment of prisoners. Prisoners were exposed to extreme isolation, strict discipline and almost complete lack of rehabilitation programs.
Many of them have been maintained in lonely cells for days or weeks at a time, often in total darkness. Critics say that such treatment is a psychological torture, far beyond the standards of modern corrective ethics.
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