Nearly 3 dozen 911 calls made from ‘Alligator Alcatraz,' records show

Since July 1, when the state-run facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" opened, there have been 34 calls, an average of two per day.

A closer look at some of the 911 calls coming from “Alligator Alcatraz,” the detention center in the Florida Everglades. NBC6’s Hatzel Vela reports. (NBC Miami)

Nearly three dozen 911 calls have been made from an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades and new records are shedding some light on what the calls are about.

Since July 1, when the state-run facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" opened, there have been 34 calls, an average of two per day.

Just two, according to records, were medical calls, while four were "special contract calls," and another four were labeled "legal advice."

But most on the list, a total of 11, were under a category labeled "unknown problem."

On Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke about what's happening at the facility.

"You’ve had folks that have been deported from that place and I anticipate as we get into next week, I think you’re going to see that pace increase," DeSantis said.

The governor is now one of the defendants in a newly-filed lawsuit that alleges people detained at the detention center are not getting access to their attorneys.

"If they're not able to talk with their attorneys, they're not able to challenge, their actual detention or their immigration cases. And then the only way out, really, from that facility is deportation," said Eunice Cho, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union.

The state argues detainees have access to phones and are free to contact their attorneys anytime.

But to see them in person, attorneys must schedule an appointment in advance.

DeSantis on Friday responded to a question about the allegations that those held at the detention center are not getting due process.

"When they get processed, the first thing that happens is that they’re offered an all expense paid trip back to their home country," DeSantis said.

When the detention center opened, the president claimed only the worst of the worst would end up at "Alligator Alcatraz," but PolitiFact has found these claims untrue.

And a Miami Herald report found that of the more than 700 detainees only a third or 233 ppople detained have criminal records.

The state has yet to release detained information about who's being held at the facility.

Several Democratic members of Congress from Florida have filed a bill that would shut down the facility but in a Republican-controlled House, the bill likely won't get any traction.

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