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'It’s like you’re dead alive': Families, advocates allege inhumane conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Immigration attorneys and advocates are raising concerns about what they say are inhumane conditions at the "Alligator ...

Florida to use shuttered prison as 2nd immigration detention center after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The state plans to spend up to $6 million to stand up Baker Correctional Institution to hold more than 1,300 people awaiting ...

The next ‘Alligator Alcatraz’? DeSantis announces new Florida ‘deportation depot’

TALLAHASSEE — The DeSantis administration is making arrangements to hold immigrant detainees at a North Florida prison as a ...

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detainees Allege Disease, Flooding at Florida Facility

The Trump administration is facing increasing pressure over the conditions at immigration detention centers, including at the ...

Judge concludes hearing on halting ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction over environmental concerns without an immediate ruling

The fate of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” hung in the balance ...

Environmental concerns could halt construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Last week, US District Judge Kathleen Williams ordered a 14-day halt on additional construction at the site while witnesses ...

Uthmeier said judge who sanctioned him should visit Alligator Alcatraz. She’s down

Florida’s attorney general welcomed judges overseeing Alligator Alcatraz cases to visit the detention center. One of them ...

Gator devours massive python in Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz

An alligator made a meal out of an invasive Burmese python at Shark Valley in the Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz ...

Construction at ‘Alligator Alcatraz' migrant jail could be halted over environmental concerns

Construction of “Alligator Alcatraz” could be halted indefinitely as a federal judge considered whether the development on ...