Baker Correctional Institution is inundated with complaints of medical neglect, insufficient food and water, and abuse, the ...

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

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.

"While it adheres to all federal standards for criminal confinement, we'd make it even smaller if we could," said Alex Lanfranconi, governor's director of communications ...

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

The chain-link cages under white industrial tents have been emptied. The guards dismissed. The immigrants transferred out. But even though Alligator Alcatraz’s gates are closed, allegations of ...

A federal report reveals detainees were sometimes held in phone booth sized cages at Alligator Alcatraz. DeSantis didn't directly say whether he knew.

A police officer urges Art Sennholtz, 80, center, and Christy Howard, 70, of Just Us Volusia to be careful of fast-moving traffic as they hold protest signs outside the entrance to an immigration ...

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit May 27 against the Florida Division of Emergency Management citing violations of the federal Clean Air Act. The lawsuit was filed in the United ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alligator Alcatraz, the Florida detention center that became a symbol of the national crackdown on immigration, is closing ...

The immigrant-detention center in the Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” (Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.) Could “Alligator ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday confirmed the Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center is closing, but insisted the collection of reinforced tents in the middle of the Everglades proved effective ...