Source: Politico
“Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state will open a second immigration [concentration camp] inside a now-shuttered state prison in North Florida as the fate of its first such facility in the Everglades lies in the hands of a federal judge. Florida plans to spend up to $6 million to stand up Baker Correctional Institution — which is 15 minutes away from an airport in Lake City — to hold more than 1,300 people awaiting deportation. Baker was ‘temporarily closed’ amid ongoing staffing problems in the state prison system. … DeSantis had previously said the state was looking to set up a second [concentration camp] at Camp Blanding, the main training facility for the Florida National Guard located in North Florida. But state officials decided instead that it would be cheaper and more efficient to use the closed state prison.” (08/14/25)