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Report finds 'Alligator Alcatraz' held immigrants in cages the size of phone booths

NBC News · September 14, 2026 at 11:31 AM

Report finds 'Alligator Alcatraz' held immigrants in cages the size of phone booths

A report from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general found that some immigrants detained at the now-shuttered "Alligator Alcatraz" were at times confined to cages roughly the size of a phone booth.

NBC News' Julia Ainsley has details on the report's findings.

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