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 ...

How many inmates at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz? How many people in a cell? Where do they eat? Who works there? Is there air ...

PolitiFact | Gov. Ron DeSantis did not provide evidence showing how state agencies or officials determined the facility has ...

A state-run detention facility for migrants has opened in the Florida Everglades. Alligator Alcatraz — that is the official name — was assembled in eight days and opened on July 1. President Donald ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...