There is a voice in my head that keeps saying "There is a concentration camp in the swamps of Florida." When I'm shopping for groceries.
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of course it’s not gone yet.
of course there are more.@futurebird
Yes, and more to come, quietly, in places no one hears about, while everyone has been focused on the PR-stunt one. -
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Yes, and more to come, quietly, in places no one hears about, while everyone has been focused on the PR-stunt one.It was a more than a PR stunt. It was a trial balloon to see if they could get the public to go along with having it all out in the open operating at full capacity.
Dammit now you have me wondering if they didn’t fight back hard enough against the lawsuit just to let it go away without needing to admit it was wrong and disgusting.
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There is a voice in my head that keeps saying "There is a concentration camp in the swamps of Florida." When I'm shopping for groceries. When I'm taking a shower. "There is a concentration camp in the swamps of Florida."
Here is a tiny victory in a much bigger battle. There was a tension I've been holding in me ever since this place opened that I didn't even know was there.
Ron DeSantis wasted $250 million on Alligator Alcatraz as it faces closure
A federal judge has ruled that the new Florida detention center must close within 60 days.
Newsweek (www.newsweek.com)
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@futurebird wait woah woah woah it' just. closed down? it's barely been even like two months right
It looks like it will close. It was in a wetland and they skimped on sewage treatment. It was a blight on many levels.
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@futurebird Which cronies of the MAGA got the contracts for that swampy concentration camp. They get money for building it and for tearing it down.
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@timo21 @futurebird Yeah, who pocketed this quarter billion dollars?
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@lori @timo21 @futurebird the article names several companies ..
The largest single contract, at $78.5 million: Jacksonville based Critical Response Strategies which is responsible for hiring corrections officers, camp managers and IT personnel.
Longview Solutions Group was awarded $25.6 million for site preparation and construction
IT company Gothams has a $21.1 million contract to provide access badges and detainee wristbands.
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There is a voice in my head that keeps saying "There is a concentration camp in the swamps of Florida." When I'm shopping for groceries. When I'm taking a shower. "There is a concentration camp in the swamps of Florida."
Here is a tiny victory in a much bigger battle. There was a tension I've been holding in me ever since this place opened that I didn't even know was there.
Ron DeSantis wasted $250 million on Alligator Alcatraz as it faces closure
A federal judge has ruled that the new Florida detention center must close within 60 days.
Newsweek (www.newsweek.com)
@futurebird every single time we make them take two months to do something they wanted to do in a week, that’s a win. That’s two months that they aren’t doing something else terrible. Every time we make them take a concentration camp apart and spend more money building another one, that’s a win.
It’s nowhere near enough, but I guarantee things would’ve gotten much worse much faster and hurt many more people by now if not for these little wins.
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@futurebird every single time we make them take two months to do something they wanted to do in a week, that’s a win. That’s two months that they aren’t doing something else terrible. Every time we make them take a concentration camp apart and spend more money building another one, that’s a win.
It’s nowhere near enough, but I guarantee things would’ve gotten much worse much faster and hurt many more people by now if not for these little wins.
GUM UP THE WORKS
And if your arm gets twisted till you have to say you might do it, maybe say it then don't do anything.And if you ever do? Do it wrong.
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The largest single contract, at $78.5 million: Jacksonville based Critical Response Strategies which is responsible for hiring corrections officers, camp managers and IT personnel.
Longview Solutions Group was awarded $25.6 million for site preparation and construction
IT company Gothams has a $21.1 million contract to provide access badges and detainee wristbands.
https://www.gothams.com/"Corrections" officers? In a concentration camp?
Surely that's too woke?
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"Corrections" officers? In a concentration camp?
Surely that's too woke?
</s>@EricLawton @tiotasram @lori @timo21
It's a absurd American euphemism for "prison guard"
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The largest single contract, at $78.5 million: Jacksonville based Critical Response Strategies which is responsible for hiring corrections officers, camp managers and IT personnel.
Longview Solutions Group was awarded $25.6 million for site preparation and construction
IT company Gothams has a $21.1 million contract to provide access badges and detainee wristbands.
https://www.gothams.com/@futurebird @tiotasram @lori
Thanks for these links. I don't know how I missed them in the article.
Critical Response strategies appears to be a shell company, and is only 4 years old. Will Adkins, who seems to be in property development, is listed as the principle. But other people have been looking for who owns these companies. https://jaxtrib.org/2025/07/16/jacksonville-firm-with-78-million-alligator-alcatraz-contract-has-obscure-origins/ I don't know if this is the same Will Adkins. https://waterfrontgrp.com/ -
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Thanks for these links. I don't know how I missed them in the article. Critical Response strategies appears to be a shell company, and is only 4 years old. Will Adkins, who seems to be in property development, is listed as the principle. But other people have been looking for who owns these companies. https://jaxtrib.org/2025/07/16/jacksonville-firm-with-78-million-alligator-alcatraz-contract-has-obscure-origins/ I don't know if this is the same Will Adkins. https://waterfrontgrp.com/I searched for the links they weren't in the article.
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I searched for the links they weren't in the article.
@futurebird thanks for doing that. These folks have hidden their tracks. @tiotasram @lori
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@futurebird thanks for doing that. These folks have hidden their tracks. @tiotasram @lori
I couldn't find any photos of the owners or contact info like address or phone number on two of those sites.
I do hope to get their names out and that they get snubbed at least by some people.
