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'It’s like you’re dead alive': Families, advocates allege inhumane conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Immigration attorneys and advocates are raising concerns about what they say are inhumane conditions at the "Alligator ...

State plans to open second immigration detention facility at North Florida prison

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to open a second state-run immigration detention facility at the vacant Baker Correctional ...

Florida plans to open second immigration facility dubbed ‘Deportation Depot’ at a vacant prison

Florida is preparing to hold immigrant detainees at a new detention facility in a remote, northern part of the state, the ...

Judge delays ruling on "Alligator Alcatraz" as environmental groups push for shutdown

Environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe are urging U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams to issue a preliminary injunction ...

DeSantis makes plans to hold immigrant detainees in North Florida prison

As a federal judge weighs whether to temporarily shut down Alligator Alcatraz, the DeSantis administration is making plans to ...

Judge concludes hearing on halting ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction over environmental concerns without an immediate ruling

The fate of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” hung in the balance ...
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Is Worse Than You Realize

Erected on an abandoned airstrip known as the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, the temporary tent city was ...

‘Lowest price-point’: ‘Deportation Depot’ will open at empty Baker County prison, not Camp Blanding

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the empty prison will be the new home of the state’s second immigration detention ...

Alligator Alcatraz is holding numerous inmates with no criminal history

Alligator Alcatraz was opened as the Trump administration amped up its pursuit of people it considers to be illegally in the ...