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Federal court hearing about legal conditions of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees ends without immediate ruling

A federal judge heard arguments Monday but declined to make an immediate ruling about the legal conditions of detainees at ...

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ First Amendment Claim Switches US Courts

Detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention facility can continue to allege that officials violated the ...

‘Psychological warfare': Internal data shows true nature of Alligator Alcatraz

"Putting people in tents in the middle of the Everglades is a great tool to make them give up their cases," said one ...

‘Shut it down.’ Every Sunday, they come to pray outside Alligator Alcatraz

As thunder boomed on an ominous Sunday evening just outside of Alligator Alcatraz, over 200 people — most of them reverends, ...

'It’s like you’re dead alive': Families, advocates allege inhumane conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Immigration attorneys and advocates are raising concerns about what they say are inhumane conditions at the "Alligator ...

Construction at ‘Alligator Alcatraz' could be halted over environmental concerns

Construction of “Alligator Alcatraz” could be halted indefinitely as a federal judge considered whether the development on ...

Florida to open ‘Deportation Depot’ at shuttered prison weeks after launching ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility

Florida's DeSantis unveils new immigration detention center dubbed 'Deportation Depot' to expand deportations.