A Republican effort to block new funding for the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” and “Deportation Depot” migrant lockups ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing back after a House Committee advanced legislation ( PCB TED 26-02) requiring certain emergency money in its proposed budget be used for natural disasters only, and not ...

Over the last few years, Florida has basically been a giant trough for politically connected contractors eager to gorge on ...

Attorneys say detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” still struggle to reach their lawyers, despite state claims that access problems are fixed.

The claim is not new — the Miami Herald published its findings in summer 2025.

A judge ordered Florida to release environmental records for Alligator Alcatraz after Friends of the Everglades sued for ...

Detainees at the Ochopee immigration detention center have access to blankets and warm clothing, the state says.

Friends of the Everglades sued for records of a federal grant application for Alligator Alcatraz, Deportation Depot immigration detention centers.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Federal and state officials withheld evidence that the Department of Homeland Security had agreed to reimburse Florida for some of the costs of constructing an immigration ...

With the number of people in ICE detention topping 70,000 for the first time, 7,252 people had been in custody at least six months in mid-January, including 79 held for more than two years, according ...

A Leon County circuit judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by five Democratic lawmakers who sought access to the immigrant-detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," saying laws about access to state ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Two former detainees at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” testified Wednesday that they were punished for seeking legal ...