Bryan Vasquez, a 12-year-old nonverbal boy vanished, and he was later found with his body ripped apart by alligators. His ...

Alligators are among the most fascinating and mysterious reptiles on Earth, a perfect combination of ancient lineage and surprisingly complex behaviors. These predators often seem prehistoric, thanks ...

Alligator Alcatraz brings back a Florida tradition. Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier probably thought he’d come up with a brilliant idea when he came up with the concept of “Alligator ...

The facility's dorms are climate-controlled, with secondary heating and space heaters available if needed. Concerns remain for detainee advocates due to the center's remote Everglades location and ...

A new report details DeSantis’ emergency spending. President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tour Alligator Alcatraz, an immigrant detention site in ...

Quatisha "Candy" Maycock was abducted from her bed by Harrel Braddy in 1998 Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal writer at PEOPLE's crime desk. Her work also appears in The New York Times, The Washington ...

Beyond questions of legality and oversight, Alligator Alcatraz has faced persistent skepticism from advocates, attorneys and lawmakers over an obvious issue: how an immigration detention camp in the ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — It's official. Southeast Texas is in for an early spring according to Gator Country's Big Al, who took a bite Monday afternoon. When tempted with a Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwich ...

The state said the immigrant detention facility in the Everglades has dorms that are climate-controlled. Garrett Shanley is a correspondent for the Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau, where he tells ...

In January 2026, a claim resurfaced online that approximately 1,200 detainees were "missing" from the so-called Alligator Alcatraz, the Florida migrant detention center touted by Trump as the "new ...