'Dark chapter': Alligator Alcatraz inmates unite to sue Trump admin

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https://www.rawstory.com/dark-chapter-alligator-alcatraz-inmates-unite-to-sue-trump-admin-over-horrors/

'Dark chapter': Alligator Alcatraz inmates unite to sue Trump admin

Stephen Prager, Common Dreams
July 17, 2025 11:35AM ET

Detainees at "Alligator Alcatraz" are suing the Trump administration for subjecting them to inhumane conditions at the prison without due process.

The class action suit, brought Wednesday with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other immigrant rights groups, challenges the government's refusal to let detainees speak with lawyers and file legal documents needed to petition for their release.

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The majority of the roughly 1,000 people detained there, according to the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times, have not been convicted of criminal offenses, while over a third have not even been charged.

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1. Good

Rec

[democrank]

2. Hope something positive comes of this class action suit.

Trump must be stopped.

[CTyankee]

3. So glad to see the ACLU step up and do this. If I had lots of money I would send them a big check!