Attorneys say armed guards, insufficient phone accessibility and “abysmal conditions” violate the due process rights of those held in the Everglades immigrant detention center.

For those of you avoiding news, Alligator Alcatraz is a confinement structure thrown together in an area surrounded by the Florida Everglades. Our president loves it. He said, “They have a lot of ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that ...

Action News Jax has learned the Jacksonville-based company contracted to staff Alligator Alcatraz has ties to a donor of ...

But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.  President Donald Trump, federal officials and ...

The seven articles below about Alligator Alcatraz focus on conditions, motivations, and controversies surrounding the Everglades detention facility. Catch up with the coverage below.

The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a ...

Trail guide John Kalafarski wears a bug shirt to fend off mosquitoes as he walks a trail in the Everglades near the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz.” Kalafarski and others who live and work in the area ...

Since Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility nestled deep in the Florida Everglades, was proposed in June, it has sparked a ...