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  "id": 7413823,
  "title": "'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees held in metal cages the size of phone booths, report says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/alligator-alcatraz-detainees-held-in-metal-cages-the-size-of-phone",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T22:27:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/15/alligator-alcatraz-detainees-held-in-metal-cages-the-size-of-phone-booths-report-says_6757527_4.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found that between July 2025 and January 2026, 79 detainees were confined in the small enclosures for periods ranging from several minutes to nearly two hours.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Immigrants held in small outdoor cages at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida, investigators find",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/immigrants-held-in-small-outdoor-cages-at-alligator-alcatraz-in",
        "published": "2026-09-14T16:48:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Alligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/alligator-alcatraz-held-detainees-in-cages-the-size-of-phone-booths",
        "published": "2026-09-14T17:43:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ confined migrants in 'small metal enclosures': DHS internal watchdog",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/floridas-alligator-alcatraz-confined-migrants-in-small-metal",
        "published": "2026-09-14T18:24:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees were held in small metal cages, federal report says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/alligator-alcatraz-detainees-were-held-in-small-metal-cages-federal",
        "published": "2026-09-14T21:27:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Alligator Alcatraz had cramped conditions, \"small metal enclosures,\" watchdog finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/alligator-alcatraz-had-cramped-conditions-small-metal-enclosures",
        "published": "2026-09-14T22:10:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}