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Detained immigrants at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say there are worms in food and wastewater on the floor
At the brand new Everglades immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz,” people held there say ...
As Alligator Alcatraz adds more pavement, environmentalists add to legal complaints
The state and federal government are once again under legal fire from environmental groups over the hastily constructed ...
What happened and when with Everglades detention camp, AKA Alligator Alcatraz? A timeline
J une 19 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announces plans for a migrant detention center in the Everglades via X. The ...
DACA recipient among those at Alligator Alcatraz, attorney says
It’s not a detention facility that is going to be up to par with the requirements necessarily, so yeah, it’s horrible,” his ...
Alligator Alcatraz lights up Big Cypress National Preserve’s dark sky
DarkSky International in 2016 designated Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve as the nation’s first preserve to achieve ...
5 things to know about GardaWorld, one of the contractors behind Alligator Alcatraz
GardaWorld, an international security company whose U.S. headquarters are in Boca Raton, is one of several contractors hired ...
Miami-Dade mayor seeks monitoring access to Alligator Alcatraz detention site, citing deaths and poor conditions
Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is requesting remote video monitoring, weekly site condition reports and scheduled access to the ...
Giant bugs, heat and a hospitalization: Inside Alligator Alcatraz's first days
Concerns about conditions for detainees were heightened when one was rushed out of the detention center Monday in an ...