TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Protesters gathered outside of U.S. Representative Laurel Lee’s office on Friday demanding better treatment for Alligator Alcatraz detainees. One family claims their husband and ...

MARTIN COUNTY — The Sheriff's Office sent 11 rapid response deputies to Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades the morning of Oct. 5 for a 10-day deployment. The federally certified group of ...

On Aug. 29, 2025, several widely circulated posts on social media claimed that an "uprising" occurred at the South Florida Detention Facility – nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" – the center U.S.

Tours of Alcatraz Island resumed Friday morning after being abruptly closed down the day before due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. By midmorning on Oct. 3, long lines of visitors from the ...

Everglades detention facility "Planned in secret, built in secret, and has been operated in secret." Now, a suit challenging its legality has stalled ...

(The Center Square) – Alligator Alcatraz is staying open for business. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday put U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams’ preliminary injunction on hold. She ...

For the hundreds of men who were detained at Alligator Alcatraz, entering the gates of the makeshift migrant detention center in the Everglades meant exiting the labyrinthine but familiar federal ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a funding dilemma over the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” built in the Florida Everglades. Last week, an appellate ...