# DHS watchdog report finds detainees were held in outdoor cages at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

https://mins.news/en/video/58603

- NBC News, 2026-09-15 01:35 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOv683lg9MQ

> A Department of Homeland Security watchdog report includes new photos and says detainees were confined in outdoor cages at the immigration facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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