But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.  President Donald Trump, federal officials and Florida Republicans touted the remote Everglades immigration detention centers — dubbed Alligator Alcatraz — as a place to detain people deemed the "worst of the worst.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades, emails obtained by The Associated Press show,

A 38-page complaint spells out how people detained at the state-run Everglades detention center are reportedly not getting access to their attorneys.

The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.

The seven articles below about Alligator Alcatraz focus on conditions, motivations, and controversies surrounding the Everglades detention facility. Catch up with the coverage below.