Potential effects include increased light and air pollution, habitat degradation for endangered species such as the Florida panther, and waste spills.

Ron DeSantis' ambitious plans for a massive detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades have ...

Republican states are considering building versions of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," a detention facility for illegal ...

Five Democratic lawmakers turned away from Alligator Alcatraz last week are asking the Florida Supreme Court to force the ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing back on a new lawsuit filed this week by Florida Democrats related to the recent opening and conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz." ...

Alligator Alcatraz has triggered pride in the MAGA world, and fury in an unlikely bipartisan mix of South Floridians. Decades ...

People held at the brand new Florida immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” say worms turn up in the food, toilets don’t flush and floors flood with fecal waste.

In pursuit of immigration enforcement, the DeSantis administration quickly seized Everglades land to construct the center. A ...