18 Days: How Long it Took to Expose Alligator Alcatraz as a Humanitarian Disaster

Even as Trump, Noem, and DeSantis mugged for the cameras and made crude jokes, the cracks were evident.

In less than three weeks, the detention camp in the Everglades hailed by Trump, DeSantis, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem as a “model” for the nation has become a symbol of cruelty, incompetence, and deception.

Before it was even “built”, Alligator Alcatraz was facing lawsuits from environmental and indigenous groups. Here at the Coffman Chronicle, we soun…