It's Day 1 at 'Alligator Alcatraz,' where 28,000 feet of razor wire now surround the 39 square mile site.
President Donald Trump will join Gov. Ron DeSantis here Tuesday to attend the site's grand opening.
The site will open with 1,000 beds, though the state says operations could scale soon to 3,000 beds.
Some details & and a map of Alligator Alcatraz.
- Max Capacity: 3,000 detainees.
- Staff: 1,000
- 200+ cameras
- 400+ security personnel
- Other staff: legal advisors and medical personnel.
- Available resources: legal, clergy, laundry, AC & rec yard
Quick look at what inside a detainment tent looks like here at Alligator Alcatraz.
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Florida @GovRonDeSantis wants to resurrect the Florida State Guard, a paramilitary force disbanded in 1947.
Unlike the @FLGuard, the FSG will answer solely to the Governor. No federal deployments. No federal missions. No federal dollars.
DeSantis wants the civilian volunteer force around 200 members.
They'll assist the National Guard in hurricanes, natural disasters and other state-specific emergencies.
The upside, DeSantis says: they're "not encumbered by the federal government."
For context: the @FLGuard is undersized and overworked.
They've devoted more than 2.9 million federal work days between 2016 and 2021, but only 834,000 on state missions — per the approximate totals they shared with lawmakers in October.