Will Critical Response Respond?
Critical Response Strategies ($78.5 million)The biggest Alligator Alcatraz contract, at least so far, is with Jacksonville-based Critical Response Strategies to staff and manage the prison camp. The DeSantis administration began removing records from the FACTS site shortly screenshots from this purchase order began appearing online — showing that taxpayers are paying some Alligator Alcatraz staffers as much as $187 an hour. Jason Garcia, July 20, 2025 Seeking Rents Substack
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July 22, 2025
Critical Response Strategies LLC
6440 Southpoint Pkwy Ste 320
Jacksonville, FL 32216
Dear Mr. Adkins
As a Presbyterian minister in the PC(USA), I write to express deep concern over your company’s reported involvement in the construction of detention facilities in Florida—facilities which many in the public are describing as concentration camps due to their design, function, and treatment of law-abiding individuals held without due process of law.
While I do not write on behalf of my church or denomination, I speak from my conscience, guided by the values of justice, compassion, and human dignity.
I want to ask:
· Has your company informed its stockholders or investors that it is profiting from the construction of such facilities?
· How does your leadership weigh the ethical and reputational costs of participating in projects that may be complicit in the unjust treatment of vulnerable individuals?
· What moral framework, if any, guides your corporate decision-making in choosing contracts with such grave humanitarian implications?
These are not abstract questions. They touch the heart of what kind of country we are becoming—and what kind of companies will help shape that future.
As someone entrusted with spiritual and ethical leadership in my community, I urge you to consider the long-term impact of your work, not only on those detained but also on the soul of your company and its legacy.
I welcome your response and will share it publicly so that others may better understand your role and reasoning in these developments.
Rev. Christy Ramsey
I share the reply I recieve. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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