How costly was Alligator Alcatraz?

Name: How costly was Alligator Alcatraz?
Uploaded: 2026-06-28T11:51:00-0400
Duration: 11 min 9 s
Description: Open for less than a year, Alligator Alcatraz will likely turn out to be the single most expensive immigration detention center in the history of the United States. A review of financial records by CBS News Miami found it cost taxpayers twenty times more to house a prisoner at Alligator Alcatraz than at most other detention centers around the country.

Open for less than a year, Alligator Alcatraz will likely turn out to be the single most expensive immigration detention center in the history of the United States. A review of financial records by CBS News Miami found it cost taxpayers twenty times more to house a prisoner at Alligator Alcatraz than at most other detention centers around the country.