21-07-2025
We're caged like chickens, say Italians in ‘Alligator Alcatraz'
The families of two Italians held in President Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention centre have denounced the harsh conditions of their incarceration in Florida and appealed to the Italian authorities for help to get them out.
'We're in cages like chickens, 32 people with three open toilets, everyone can see everything,' Gaetano Mirabella Costa, 45, told Italian state television in a telephone interview from the prison. 'I don't know what I'm accused of and I can't speak with a lawyer or even a judge. Can the Italian authorities please help me to get out of this nightmare?'
The Italian, who was born in Taormina, Sicily, and had been living in the US for ten years, had recently served a short prison sentence for assault, drug possession and domestic violence and was transferred to the new detention centre on July 9.
