In Mother Jones: Trump Congratulated Him on His Freedom. Alligator Alcatraz Left Him With a Stroke.

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“Alligator Alcatraz has scarred me like nothing else in my life. It broke me mentally and emotionally…Some people may say I’m exaggerating…but I lived through those moments.”
– Justo Betancourt

Mother Jones featured the story of how the Freedom Vigils outside so-called Alligator Alcatraz helped Arianne Betancourt to free her father, Justo Betancourt, and how the fight continues until it is shut down for good and all detainees are released.

“Nobody deserves what’s happened to them and what’s continuing to happen inside of Alligator Alcatraz…And if the government and DeSantis can be proud of having an operation like that, then I should be proud of all of my efforts to get it shut down.”
– Arianne Betancourt, Community Catalyst for the Workers Circle

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