Companies hired by the state of Florida to operate the Alligator Alcatraz detention center were notified Tuesday afternoon that the facility is being shut down, with the remaining 1,400 detainees expected to be removed in the coming weeks, four sources familiar with the announcement told CBS News Miami. The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.
“They said the last detainee will leave in June,” one source said.
The decision to close the facility has been speculated about for the past week, with Gov. Ron DeSantis saying he expected it to close
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