Alcatraz was first used as a jail during the American Civil War. It later became a federal penitentiary in 1934, closing less than 30 years later.

"It'd be crazy to try and build a prison out there. Ridiculously expensive, dangerous and also not good for the Bay." The ...

The facility, which has been informally dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” has received heavy pushback and a legal challenge, but it has also been a boon for the national profile of both DeSantis ...

In the rush to criminalize brown bodies and politicize fear, we are witnessing racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim ...

The concept, a product of the go-go 1960's, was killed by an unlikely environmental pioneer, President Richard Nixon ...

Opponents call ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ callous, political stunt, ‘DeSantis’ internment camp’ ActionNewsJax.com News Staff Tue, July 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM UTC ...

Discover the ongoing controversy of ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ an immigration detention center in Florida’s Everglades, sparking environmental and political debates.

Reopening Alcatraz is such a quintessentially Trumpian idea that it’s a miracle the president didn’t try to do it before. Locking down offenders in tiny cells on an island surrounded by ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks during a meeting between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state cabinet at the Florida capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

Critics of Alligator Alcatraz discuss the facility's ability to repel Florida weather, and lawmakers in Florida consider a veto override of HB 1445. Florida’s new immigration detention center ...

At the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida is quickly constructing a $450 million-a-year immigration detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." ...