Andrew Tate has claimed that his conditions at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Miami have been “downgraded” and says he is taking legal action against the facility.
In a statement shared on his X account, Tate alleged that he has been kept in punitive housing and is now facing problems including no hot water, no air conditioning and a serious roach infestation. Tate and his brother Tristan remain in custody in Miami while they fight extradition to the UK. “Since the time I have come into this jail I have been forced to endure punitive housing. During my time here, I have watched men come and go, men who have stabbed other inmates. “I no longer have hot water of any kind. I no longer have air conditioning of any kind. I have stone-cold water and filth. That’s it. NOTHING else,” his statement reads. The brothers deny wrongdoing and are fighting extradition to Britain. Andrew Tate also compared his current conditions with his previous detention in Romania. He ended the statement by saying, “I would never kill myself. Those findings concerned detainees interviewed for its report and do not independently confirm Tate’s specific claims.
He also claimed that he has seen 10 to 15 roaches on the walls and ceiling at a time. In his statement, Andrew Tate said he had spent 61 days in the SHU, or Special Housing Unit, which he described as a punitive unit for inmates who attack other prisoners or guards. “These men are only forced to stay in these cells for 7 days until rereleased to general population. I have a serious roach infestation, with 10/15 visible roaches on the ceiling and walls at any one time no matter how many I kill. Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested in Miami on July 18 after US authorities received a UK request connected to additional charges. A September 9 US court filing confirmed that their request for release had been denied. Human Rights Watch reported in July 2025 that people held at FDC Miami had described overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and degrading treatment.
“Despite spending 61 days in the SHU, the punitive unit for inmates who attack other prisoners and guards, I have once again had my conditions downgraded,” the statement read. Tate then claimed he was moved to another cell within the same unit, which he said was in worse condition. “The Romanians treated me better than this,” he said, referring to his detention there in 2023.
“Not only am I in jail, I have been downgraded by 95% from what normal prisoners receive. Tate also claimed that the conditions were far below what other prisoners receive. “I have prepared a package, currently with my legal and PR teams, of every single infraction I have witnessed in this facility. The corruption , the lack of recreation, the filth, the unsanitary conditions. “I understand they have tortured thousands of people, and all of them were not even treated as badly as I am being treated. There is no ambiguity here – what is happening to me is against the law. “There is absolutely no reason for FDC to be treating men this way, whether they are American citizens or otherwise. They are deliberately torturing me.”
He said he had prepared a package for his legal and public relations teams detailing what he described as problems inside the facility.
Tate also asked people who had previously complained about the facility to contact his legal team.
