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Based on publicly available contract data, The Associated Press estimated the state allocated $50 million for the bathrooms. Detainees and advocates have described toilets that don’t flush, flooding floors with fecal waste, although officials dispute such descriptions.
Someone made hella bank though
The facility was already being emptied of detainees as of last week, according to an email exchange shared with The Associated Press on Wednesday. The executive director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, Kevin Guthrie, said on Aug. 22 “we are probably going to be down to 0 individuals within a few days,” in a message to a rabbi about chaplaincy services.
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Framing its closure first and foremost as “taxpayers losing money” is pretty fucked up, AP
we are probably going to be down to 0 individuals within a few days
How long do you think before the mass graves are uncovered?
I have to admit - I’m amazed it shut down - even if it ends up being temporary. But I still think GOP SCOTUS will ultimately fix this problem (and other problems) for Trump by creating a bespoke ruling for him where he has the power to ignore any-and-all laws “temporarily” simply by doing what he always does - saying it’s an “emergency”.
so did that environmental lawsuit get the goods or are they doing “you can’t shut me down i’m closing” like a jackass getting fired?
Based on publicly available contract data, The Associated Press estimated the state allocated $50 million for the bathrooms. Detainees and advocates have described toilets that don’t flush, flooding floors with fecal waste, although officials dispute such descriptions.
Someone made hella bank though
Meanwhile DOGE was supposed to weed out waste and corrupt…while gutting medicaid and looking the other way while contractors charged 50 mil for toilets that don’t flush. I LOVE IT.
