Jacksonville-based company CRS has secured 45 state contracts since its creation, mostly dealing with disaster relief work and medical staffing. That history is making some question why it has been hired to staff Alligator Alcatraz.

Without permanent structures, electricity or running water, logistical headaches have emerged at “Alligator Alcatraz.”

A group of legislators recently visited the controversial new Florida immigration detention center that has been labeled “Alligator Alcatraz” and criticized for its inhumane conditions.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday he wants the detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” to be at full capacity before moving forward with the plans to turn Camp Blanding into an immigration detention site.

Prisoners at Florida's newly opened immigrant detention center in the Everglades are suffering in squalid conditions and are cut off from legal access, according to attorneys, detainees, family members, and lawmakers.

A federal judge may pause operations at Alligator Alcatraz as protests grow and nonprofits sue over conditions and impact.

Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could be the template for other facilities in other states.