TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Alligator Alcatraz may have been the state's first immigration detention center, but according to Gov. Ron DeSantis, it won't be the last, with new plans to open up a facility in the panhandle.

"We're actually in the process of figuring out how we can set up a Panhandle Pokey," said DeSantis at a press conference in Orlando on Tuesday.

With South Florida and the East Coast covered, what the governor is calling "Panhandle Pokey" is the state's latest detention facility in the works to hold and deport immigrants in the country illegally. "You're in the Panhandle sending to Alligator Alcatraz; that's a long way," DeSantis said. "Even sending to the Deportation Depot in north Florida, you know, that could be three to five hours, depending on where you are in the Pa

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