Inside Andrew Tate's Miami Lockup, Where Detainees Claimed They Were Treated 'Like Dogs'

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are being held at the Federal Detention Center in Miami, where detainees have alleged severe overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and treatment they compared to being made to eat 'like dogs'.

The brothers have remained at the Florida facility since their 18 July arrests while contesting extradition to the UK over multiple charges, including rape and trafficking for sexual exploitation.

Andrew and Tristan Tate are being kept apart from the general population in a special housing unit, but their lawyers have also raised concerns about food, hygiene supplies and exposure to pepper spray used elsewhere in the facility. Conversely, federal prosecutors have defended the confinement measures as entirely constitutional and necessary for prisoner protection.

The Miami lockup has drawn complaints from detainees, lawyers and Human Rights Watch over conditions inside the jail.

Andrew Tate's Miami Lockup Faces Claims Over Conditions

Accounts from detainees describe broken toilets, foul smells and crowded holding areas. Reports said detainee Marlon Cervelo Trujillo in a recorded telephone call told his wife that urine and faeces had been left inside parts of the detention centre, adding that detainees feared becoming seriously ill.

In the same call, Trujillo said, 'We're either going to kill ourselves, or we're going to die from some illness. Because [the guards] don't care about anything in there.'

Another reported incident involved a prison officer greeting a newly arrived group of 50 detainees with the words 'welcome to hell' before they were taken into a small holding cell.

Human Rights Watch also described 'extreme overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and abusive treatment' at FDC Miami. Its report referred to broken toilets, verbal harassment and 'acts of humiliation including cavity searches'.

The report alleged that some detainees were forced to eat 'like dogs' while their hands were cuffed behind their backs. Those claims concern conditions described inside the wider detention centre, not specifically the Tate brothers' treatment.

Human Rights Watch's findings concerned FDC Miami more broadly, while the Tate brothers' complaints came from their lawyers.

The brothers have been held since US Marshals arrested them on 18 July as they fight extradition to Britain.

Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate Complain About Food and Hygiene

The brothers are housed in a cordoned-off special housing unit, separate from the general population. Even there, their legal team has complained about what it described as 'harsh' conditions.

In a handwritten note shared by the brothers' lawyer on X last month, Tristan Tate wrote, 'I am hungry', and claimed he had lost 13 pounds while Andrew had lost 8 pounds.

Bureau of Prisons receipts accessed by the Telegraph showed purchases including ramen noodles and Spicy Sweet Chilli Doritos.

Their lawyers also said the brothers had been 'denied basic grooming products'. A filing described an incident in which officers used pepper spray on another detainee, with the spray allegedly drifting into the brothers' cells.

'It burned their eyes, their throats, and their airways. No officer decontaminated them. No medical staff examined them. The brothers wrapped wet T-shirts around their faces and waited for the air to clear,' the filing said.

The filing presents the brothers' account through their lawyers, and the source does not state that a court has made findings on those specific allegations.

Bureau of Prisons Defends Andrew Tate Detention Conditions

In a 10 August court filing, federal prosecutors rejected the brothers' complaints about their detention, writing that 'while FDC Miami is not a Marriott, the Tates' conditions of confinement are reasonable, constitutional and within BOP's discretion'.

Separately, the Bureau of Prisons said it 'takes seriously our duty to protect all individuals entrusted to our custody, as well as maintain the safety of correctional employees and the community'.

As both legal camps prepare for further courtroom skirmishes, the Tate brothers' ultimate fate remains tied to evolving extradition determinations and federal judicial rulings.