‘Alligator Alcatraz’ put detainees in metal cages labeled ‘calming areas,’ watchdog finds

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 80 immigrant detainees who were held at Florida’s makeshift detention center, known as Alligator Alcatraz, were briefly held in small metal enclosures for “periods ranging from several minutes to nearly 2 hours,” according to a federal watchdog report The Department of Homeland Security inspector general, which…