Critics have condemned the detention facility and what they call the state’s apparent reliance on alligators as a security ...

What has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the state-built migrant processing center in the Everglades, seems to be almost complete.

News and The News-Press have a reporter and photographer on site today to talk to protesters and follow the progress of the prison.

Construction is moving rapidly on a controversial migrant detention center deep in the Florida Everglades nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” despite growing concerns from Native American tribes who call ...