Florida is preparing another detention center for illegal immigrants in the wake of the controversy over “Alligator Alcatraz,” the Tallahassee Democrat first reported.

Officials had previously floated the idea of a second facility which will be located at Camp Blanding in North Florida. The first detention center for illegal migrants, which has been nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its isolated location within the Florida Everglades, has already received complaints over alleged harsh treatment of inmates. Gov. Ron DeSantis said last month that he would only consider an alternative location once the 17,000-acre Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport was full.

“I’m willing to do Blanding once Alligator Alcatraz is filled, and so DHS has started moving in a significant number of people. I think you’re going to — and they’re starting to deport people from there too,” DeSantis said last month. “Remember, this is not the Ritz Carlton, ok?”

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