The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has paused a lower court ruling that ordered the closure of the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility in the Florida Everglades.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued the original order last month.
She wrote that she expected the number of inmates to be reduced within 60 days, with many transferred to other prisons.
After that, she said, equipment such as generators, fencing, and lighting would be removed from the site,
