The torturous methods allegedly used at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” echo one of the most horrific abuses carried out by the CIA at its secret “black site” prisons after the September 11 attacks.

Guards at the immigration detention center in the Everglades punish detainees by confining them in what inmates call “the box,” a 2x2-foot cage-like structure where their hands and feet are shackled to the ground, and they are unable to sit or move, according to a new report from Amnesty International.

The global human rights organization alleged in a damning 48-page report that the federal Krome North Services Processing Center—and especially Alligator Alcatraz—are subjecting people in detention to punishment and conditions that violate international law.

“Amnesty International considers tha

See Full Page