How did a facility constructed in only eight days come to become the center of a national controversy over human dignity? The Alligator Alcatraz detention camp, deep in the Florida Everglades, has ignited outrage and demands for answers after politicians toured what they called “vile,

“Alligator Alcatraz” has drawn backlash among environmentalists — who have sued to try to stop it — as well as Democratic lawmakers and even some Republicans who privately conceded they’re worried about the area’s fragile ecosystem and effects on tribal lands. But lawmakers told POLITICO they didn’t have time to ask questions about the environment.