DHS's internal watchdog is sharply criticizing conditions in a Florida immigration detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," finding detainees at the now-closed facility were held in "cramped ...

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

A South Florida activist whose father was detained at the state-run immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” confronted Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar over her support of the facility, as a ...

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

News that the last detainee could leave the facility within days comes after a federal judge ordered the detention center to wind down operations.

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

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 ...

Inspectors said Florida's other major detention facility could hold similar concerns on standards and oversight.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — Florida is planning to close Alligator Alcatraz, according to a report from the New York Times. Alligator Alcatraz was opened during the summer of 2025 in the heart of the ...

In a report published Monday, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general found that some detainees of the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention facility in Florida were confined to ...

Alligator Alcatraz, officially known as the Florida Soft-Sided Facility, was closed in June after the DeSantis administration promised almost $1 billion in no-bid contracts to private contractors to ...

The Florida Everglades immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” has served its purpose, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday, closing the makeshift facility heralded by the Trump ...