Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava sent a letter to Florida's attorney general requesting access and monitoring of the detention site, which was built on county land.

This week, the Miami Herald offered the first glimpse into the conditions inside Alligator Alcatraz, the immigration detention center in the heart of the Everglades. Why it matters: Accounts from the facility,

A federal court ruled that California's ban on private prisons and detention centers like San Diego's Otay Mesa Detention Center, owned and operated by private company CoreCivic, and where migrant children were detained separately from their parents, is unconstitutional. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)