Stephanie Hartman, spokeswoman for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which operates “Alligator Alcatraz,” told The Guardian on Friday that reports of an uprising there are manufactured.

“There is no uprising happening at Alligator Alcatraz. Detainees are given clean, safe living conditions, and guards are properly trained on all state and federal protocols,” she said.

Detainees at the state-run immigration detention center, which was ordered closed last week by a federal judge’s order, told Univision 23 that there was a riot at the lockup and that at least four detainees were injured.

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