Developing ↑ Active

DHS Report on Florida Immigration Detention Center

4 articles from 4 outlets First seen: September 14, 2026
Outlets: 3 left · 1 center · Earliest publisher-stamped report: The Daily Beast and BBC

See how each outlet covered this ↓ Compare the framing and bias scores below. A written neutral summary is still pending — every Pure Report account must clear two verification gates first — but the full coverage record is here now.

Where outlets disagree Contested

No neutral account cleared verification for this story, so we assert nothing as settled. Below is the raw record: what 4 outlets agree on, and exactly where they differ — each with the source's own words.

Size of living space per detainee developing
18 square feet
BBCunclassified
“the use of the outdoor cages - about 18sq ft (1.67sq m)”
28 square feet
Mother Jonesleft
“Each detainee should have at least 75 square feet of living space, but they received only 28 square feet at the camp.”
Number of detainees at peak developing
1,500
Mother Jonesleft
“Alligator Alcatraz at its peak housed up to 1,500 immigrant detainees”
1,400
The Daily Beastleft
“In April, the detention center held almost 1,400 detainees”

What every side reports

The enclosures measured about 4 feet by 4 feet and were nearly 8 feet tall.
Mother Jones · BBC · The Daily Beast
Detainees were only allowed recreation outside of their housing units three days a week for one hour.
Mother Jones · BBC · The Daily Beast

Framing spectrum · 4 outlets

wirepublicmainstream flavoredpartisanadvocacy
Range 14–36/100 (Public broadcaster → Mainstream) Average 28 Articles by lean: 3 left · 1 center · 0 right

Coverage patterns

Earliest report in our feed set (publisher timestamps): among the earliest were The Daily Beast and BBC — stamps within 90 minutes.

Lean Outlets Articles Who
Left 3 3 Guardian, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast
Center 1 1 BBC
Report-by-report timeline · 4

Coverage patterns reflect only the ~50 feeds Pure Report ingests — not the full media universe. Timestamps are publisher-reported. Lean labels are Pure Report's classification. Articles are grouped by automated clustering, and counts include syndicated wire copies.

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