"You don't expect them to be used in countries that have reasonable rule of law standards," said Juan E. Méndez, a former ...

Nearly 80 immigrant detainees who were held at Florida’s makeshift detention center, known as Alligator Alcatraz, were briefly held in small metal enclosures for “periods ranging from several minutes ...

DHS's internal watchdog is sharply criticizing conditions in a Florida immigration detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," finding detainees at the now-closed facility were held in "cramped ...

"While it adheres to all federal standards for criminal confinement, we'd make it even smaller if we could," said Alex Lanfranconi, governor's director of communications ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis' rebuke of an audit of Alligator Alcatraz show him backtracking on past comments and making claims industry ...

A South Florida activist whose father was detained at the state-run immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” confronted Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar over her support of the facility, as a ...

Florida’s governor is seeking to downplay the DHS’ findings about the treatment of immigrant detainees at his state’s ...

'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees were held in small metal cages, federal report says - Detainees at a now-closed immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades — known as “Alligator Alcatraz” — ...

An immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” will remain open, an appeals court decided Tuesday, upholding its earlier decision to block a judge's order for ...

Florida was promised more than $600 million to help pay for Alligator Alcatraz, but new federal reports questioning conditions and costs could leave state taxpayers holding the bill.

The new report cited 'significant risks' to migrants' health and safety at the Everglades immigration detention center.

The migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is closed, but much about it remains unresolved. There are lawsuits over detainees’ treatment, environmental claims over damage to protected ...