Detainees pepper - sprayed on 2 occasions at Florida Deportation Depot immi...
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Detainees have been pepper-sprayed on at least two occasions at the Deportation Depot immigration detention center since it opened in September.
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Deportation Depot is the former Baker Correctional Institution, located in northeast Florida.
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The Christmas Eve incident at Deportation Depot occurred nearly two months after the October 29 incident at the same facility.
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During the October 29 incident at Deportation Depot, guards used pepper spray to regain control.
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Deportation Depot is the second immigration detention center opened by the state of Florida.
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Alligator Alcatraz, Florida's first immigration detention center, opened in the Everglades earlier last summer, before Deportation Depot opened.
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Florida has led other U.S. states in constructing immigration detention facilities to support President Trump's immigration crackdown.
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Three federal lawsuits filed in Florida are challenging detention practices at the Alligator Alcatraz Everglades facility.
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In one of the three lawsuits, detainees asked a court to order the Alligator Alcatraz facility closed.
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In that lawsuit, detainees argue that Florida state agencies and private contractors hired by the state have no authority under federal law to operate the facility.
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In a second lawsuit, detainees sought a court ruling ensuring they have access to confidential communications with their attorneys.
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In the third lawsuit, a federal judge in Miami ordered the Alligator Alcatraz facility to wind down operations over a two-month period.
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The judge's wind-down order was based on a finding that officials had failed to conduct a required environmental impact review of the facility.
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An appellate court panel put the wind-down order on hold, allowing the facility to remain open.
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Deportation Depot opened last September (2025).
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The Florida Division of Emergency Management confirmed that the most recent pepper-spray incident at Deportation Depot occurred on Christmas Eve.
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DeSantis said there had been 10,000 arrests of people in the U.S. illegally in Florida during the past year through a state initiative with federal law enforcement.
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DeSantis said local law enforcement had made an additional 10,000 arrests under the state initiative.
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DeSantis said the state initiative resulted in a total of 20,000 arrests.
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DeSantis said 63% of those arrested under the state initiative had a criminal arrest or conviction.
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The lawsuit seeking closure of the Alligator Alcatraz facility ended this month after the detainee who filed it agreed to be deported.
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An earlier incident at Deportation Depot occurred on October 29.
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The Florida immigration detention center where the pepper-spray incidents occurred is dubbed 'Deportation Depot.'
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The Trump administration has praised Republican governors' efforts to expand their immigration detention capacity.
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