Let’s face it: Florida’s got a lot of open space, but not every location screams “detain them here and nowhere else.”
Why not use an abandoned Walmart? Too obvious. A cruise ship? Too buoyant. A swamp full of apex predators and 110mph wind-resistant tents? Just right.
In this post, we dive deep (not too deep—the gators get bold) into the reasons Dade-Collier Airport was chosen as the launchpad for America’s most escape-proof holding pen:
Natural Barriers: If you can wade through ten miles of python-infested swamp, congratulations, you’ve earned your way out.
Surveillance Paradise: You haven’t felt truly watched until a heat-sensing drone and a Florida cottonmouth are both silently judging your posture.
Historical Irony: Built in the 1970s as a future mega-airport, Dade-Collier now gets to fulfill its destiny… just with more barbed wire.