Alligator Alcatraz, the recently closed immigration detention center in the heart of the Everglades, is officially boarded up, conservation group Friends of the Everglades reported in a Facebook post ...

"You don't expect them to be used in countries that have reasonable rule of law standards," said Juan E. Méndez, a former ...

Florida’s governor is seeking to downplay the DHS’ findings about the treatment of immigrant detainees at his state’s ...

The Florida immigration detention center known as"Alligator Alcatraz" has shut down nearly a year after it was built in the Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday. DeSantis said the center was ...

Deep in the Florida Everglades, a massive detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” has risen almost overnight.

Nearly 80 immigrant detainees who were held at Florida’s makeshift detention center, known as Alligator Alcatraz, were briefly held in small metal enclosures for “periods ranging from several minutes ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis' rebuke of an audit of Alligator Alcatraz show him backtracking on past comments and making claims industry ...

A Department of Homeland Security report found an immigration detention center in the Everglades failed to meet humane standards. The now-closed facility, known as Alligator Alcatraz, held detainees ...

Florida was promised more than $600 million to help pay for Alligator Alcatraz, but new federal reports questioning conditions and costs could leave state taxpayers holding the bill.

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