Conditions inside Alligator Alcatraz, the makeshift migrant detention center in Florida’s Everglades, are inhumane, detainees and their family members say.

Detainees being held at the newly opened “ Alligator Alcatraz ” detention center in Florida say conditions are dire, with scarce food, no water to bathe, and constant bright lights making it ...

People held at the brand new Florida immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” say worms ...

Alligator Alcatraz, located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Big Cypress National Preserve, opened in early July 2025 following rapid construction.

Alligator Alcatraz offers spoiled food, no water, per detainees Detainees describe dangerous conditions at the detention center, but Florida officials calls those claims “untrue” ...

In pursuit of immigration enforcement, the DeSantis administration quickly seized Everglades land to construct the center. A fleet of trucks transported crucial equipment into the sensitive area.

The proposed Everglades detention center, deemed Alligator Alcatraz, has a lot of red flags. There are the glaring issues, including problems of environmental injustice — putting 5,000 ...

State Sen. Shevrin Jones, D-Miami Gardens, said Wednesday that he’s accepted an invitation from the DeSantis administration to tour the controversial Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention ...

But it’s clear top GOP leaders think “Alligator Alcatraz” is an idea they can literally sell to devoted Republicans to help fill campaign coffers.

Detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” report being relentlessly swarmed by mosquitoes in the Everglades-based illegal immigration detention facility.

A group of five Democratic state lawmakers in Florida said they were denied entry to “Alligator Alcatraz,” a new migrant detention facility, on Thursday due to “safety reasons,“ days after ...