Renewed allegations of inhumane treatment are surfacing at the state-run immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” located in the middle of the Florida Everglades. NBC6 spoke with the wife of one detainee and the attorney for a well-known Cuban artist currently being held at the facility. A voice recording shared with NBC6 and captured from inside the detention center includes a man shouting in Spanish: “Freedom for the Cubans who are here in Alcatraz. Freedom.” Lidia Polo, whose husband Eduardo Batista is detained at the facility, provided the recording. She claims conditions inside are inhumane. Polo said her husband has been beaten and is facing a lack of food and poor hygiene. She claims detainees are not allowed to shower daily. Polo said her 58-year-old husband has been held at the facility since November. A background check on Batista shows several prior arrests. State records indicate he was previously convicted of grand theft and burglary of an unoccupied structure. He was later convicted of conspiracy to violate racketeering law and served three years in state prison. Polo says she fears what will happen if her husband is deported. “I don’t know what we are going to do," she said. Allegations about conditions at Alligator Alcatraz have persisted since the facility opened in the summer of 2025. This week, the complaints are drawing renewed attention. An immigration attorney representing Cuban artist Abel Garcia — known publicly as “El Chulo” — also claims detainees are being mistreated. Garcia has an order of deportation and does have a criminal record, according to his attorney, Gladys Carredeguas. However, she argues that regardless of a person’s background, basic human rights must be respected. “They just want health assistance, medical assistance, the proper medicine that I need for my condition,” Carredeguas said, relaying concerns from her client. “If ICE wants to deport you, they do have the right to do so,” she added. “But what we don’t have the right [to do] is treat individuals like animals. We need to treat them like human beings.” The Florida Department of Emergency Management runs Alligator Alcatraz. NBC6 reached out to a spokesperson for comment regarding the latest allegations. "These allegations are false. Detainees receive 3 meals per day, have 24/7 access to a fully staffed medical facility, and working facilities for hygiene," Director of Communications Stephanie Hartman said. "Additionally, no guards are mistreating detainees. Officers are highly trained and follow all federal and state detention protocols." When asked specifically about Garcia, Hartman said "the detainee was resisting orders from correction officers after instigating violence inside of his housing unit and had to be removed to a special housing unit." Hartman argues that detainees have access to a fully staffed medical facility.