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美国国土安全部内部监察机构严厉批评了被称为“短吻鳄恶魔岛”的佛罗里达州移民拘留中心的关押条件，调查发现这座现已关闭的设施内的被拘留者被关押在“拥挤环境”中——数十起案例显示，人员曾被关押在18平方英尺的封闭空间内长达两小时。
国土安全部监察长办公室于本周一发布了这份长达33页的报告，该报告基于今年早些时候对这座州营设施的突击检查。“短吻鳄恶魔岛”于今年6月关闭，最初被特朗普政府官员标榜为国土安全部扩大拘留空间、加快遣返行动的典范。但该设施遭到维权组织的强烈批评，他们指控其关押条件恶劣，而国土安全部对此坚决否认。
“短吻鳄恶魔岛”的绝大多数被拘留者被关押在大沼泽地中部一条飞机跑道上的软质帐篷内，这些帐篷被进一步划分为带金属围栏的宿舍式单元，内部摆放双层床。这些封闭区域没有公共活动空间。
监察长办公室的报告指出，这些住宿单元“未能为被拘留者提供足够的生活空间”。在满员状态下，每名被拘留者仅能分到28平方英尺的空间——根据佛罗里达州监狱标准，这一面积不到法定要求的75平方英尺的一半。
报告称，这种关押安排“可能损害被拘留者的身心健康”。
报告还发现，被拘留者每周仅有三天可以获得一小时的户外活动时间，且仅能在周一、周三和周五洗澡。报告指出，美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）的标准要求被拘留者每周至少拥有六小时的户外活动时间，即每周五天每天至少一小时，而佛罗里达州的标准则要求被拘留者每日均可淋浴。
监察人员还发现了笼状的“小型金属封闭舱”，其尺寸为长52英寸、宽52英寸。2025年7月至2026年1月期间，共有约79名被拘留者被关押在这些被工作人员称为“冷静区”的封闭舱内。
监察机构将这些封闭舱描述为“极不寻常”，称其“不符合人道待遇标准”，并建议移除这类设施。（由于该设施已停止运营，监察长办公室的所有相关建议均已结案。）
2026年1月检查期间，美国国土安全部监察员观察到的一处“小型金属封闭舱”。美国国土安全部监察长办公室
工作人员告诉检查人员，被拘留者“申请进入小型金属封闭舱”以获得独处时间，舱门始终处于解锁状态。封闭舱外的ICE告示称被拘留者“可随时离开”。但监察长办公室表示，至少有一起案例中，该封闭舱“被用作惩戒工具”，一名因不服从指令的被拘留者被关押在舱内长达26分钟。
监察长办公室称，被拘留者在封闭舱内的停留时间不超过两小时，平均时长略低于一小时。
“在监察长办公室检查过的ICE设施中，出于任何理由使用这类小型金属封闭舱都是前所未有的，”报告中写道，“无论出于何种理由将人员关押在小型金属封闭舱内，都会对被拘留者的健康和福祉构成重大风险。”
监察长办公室表示，该设施的工作人员“无法明确说明针对移民指控被拘留者所依据的拘留标准”，报告警告称这“增加了被拘留者无法获得适当照料的风险”。在评估“短吻鳄恶魔岛”时，监察长办公室同时参考了佛罗里达州监狱标准和ICE的全国标准，并采用了更为严格的那一项。
这份监察长报告进一步印证了一年多来民主党议员、移民律师和维权组织对“短吻鳄恶魔岛”的批评。环保组织也对该场址表示反对，担忧其对生态系统造成破坏，还有一个原住民部落认为该设施威胁到了受保护的土地。
该设施的被拘留者由美国移民及海关执法局依法羁押，他们被指控非法入境美国或其他违反联邦移民法的行为。
州和联邦官员长期以来一直为该设施辩护，特朗普总统曾于2025年夏天与佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯一同视察过这里。
国土安全部一名发言人本周一在给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的声明中表示：“‘短吻鳄恶魔岛’符合历届政府（包括拜登和奥巴马政府）所采用的联邦拘留标准。所有拘留设施都很干净，任何关于非人道待遇或过度使用武力的指控都是虚假的。”
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系运营该设施的佛罗里达州应急管理部门置评。
Alligator Alcatraz held detainees in “cramped conditions,” sometimes “small metal enclosures,” DHS watchdog finds
2026-09-14T18:10:00-0400 / CBS News
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Updated on: September 14, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog is sharply criticizing conditions at the Florida immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” finding that detainees at the now-closed facility were held in “cramped conditions” — in dozens of cases, people were held for up to two hours in 18-square-foot enclosures.
The DHS Office of Inspector General issued its 33-page report Monday after conducting an unannounced inspection of the state-run facility earlier this year. Alligator Alcatraz — which was shuttered in June — had initially been cast by Trump administration officials as a model for how DHS could ramp up detention space as it aims to boost deportations. But it drew intense criticism from advocacy groups who alleged poor conditions, which DHS has strongly denied.
Most of the detainees at Alligator Alcatraz were held in soft-sided tents on an airstrip in the middle of the Everglades, which were further divided into dormitory-style units surrounded by metal fencing and filled with bunk beds. The enclosures didn’t have common areas.
The OIG report found these housing units “did not provide detainees with sufficient living space.” When at capacity, they provided 28 square feet per detainee — less than half of the 75 square feet required under Florida state jail standards, according to OIG.
The report said this arrangement “may harm detainees’ physical and mental health.”
It also found that detainees were given one hour of recreation time three days per week, and were able to shower on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The report noted that ICE’s standards call for detainees to have at least six hours of recreation time per week, or at least one hour a day for five days a week, and Florida’s standards require daily access to showers.
OIG staff also reported seeing cage-like “small metal enclosures,” which were 52 inches long and 52 inches wide. Some 79 detainees were held in these enclosures, which staff called “calming areas,” between July 2025 and January 2026.
The watchdog described these enclosures as “highly unconventional” and said they do not “align with standards for humane treatment.” It recommended removing them. (All of the inspector general’s recommendations were closed out because the facility ceased operations.)
One of the “small metal enclosures” observed by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general during an inspection in January 2026. DHS OIG
Staff told inspectors that detainees “asked to spend time in the small metal enclosures” in order to have time alone, and the doors were left unlocked. An ICE notice on the outside of the enclosure said detainees “may leave at any time.” But OIG said in at least one case, the enclosure “may have been used as a disciplinary tool,” with a detainee placed inside for 26 minutes for failing to comply with commands.
Detainees were kept in the enclosures for no more than two hours. On average, they stayed inside for just under an hour, OIG said.
“Use of these small metal enclosures for any reason is unprecedented among ICE facilities inspected by OIG,” the report read. “Confining individuals in small metal enclosures for any reason presents significant risks to detainee health and well-being.”
OIG said staff at the facility “could not clearly identify which detention standards they used for holding detainees on immigration-related charges,” which the report warned “increases the risk that detainees may not receive appropriate care.” In assessing Alligator Alcatraz, OIG said it looked at both Florida state jail standards and ICE’s national standards, and applied whichever was more restrictive.
The OIG report adds to more than a year of criticism of Alligator Alcatraz from Democratic lawmakers, immigration attorneysand advocacy groups. There was also opposition to the site from environmental organizations concerned about the impact on the ecosystem and a Native American tribe that argued the facility endangered protected lands.
The facility’s detainees were legally in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and were accused of being in the U.S. illegally or otherwise violating federal immigration laws.
State and federal officials have long defended the site, which President Trump personally toured in the summer of 2025 along with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
“Alligator Alcatraz was consistent with the same federal detention standards employed by previous administrations, including Biden and Obama,” a DHS spokesperson told CBS News in a statement Monday. “All detainee facilities are clean, and any allegations of inhumane conditions or excessive use of force are FALSE.”
CBS News has reached out to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which operated the facility, for comment.
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