Gov. Ron DeSantis has said the location in the rugged and remote Everglades was meant as a deterrent against escape, much like the island prison in California that Republicans named it after. The detention center has an estimated annual cost of $450 million, according to a public database.

A priest held a Catholic Mass outside the Everglades detention center, Alligator Alcatraz, on Saturday morning. Here is the recap of the event.

Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, has been hit by repeated respiratory outbreaks most likely caused by COVID-19. Prisoners report inhumane conditions and denied medical care,