"You don't expect them to be used in countries that have reasonable rule of law standards," said Juan E. Méndez, a former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis' rebuke of an audit of Alligator Alcatraz show him backtracking on past comments and making claims industry analysts dispute.

Some contributions from contractors occurred just days before or after the companies landed major state contracts. Fans can ...

Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz lived in cramped metal cages, drank dirty water, showered in bug-infested bathrooms and were ...

In the days since she helped secure her father’s release from Alligator Alcatraz, Arianne Betancourt received a number of congratulatory messages from friends, family, and even strangers. On Sunday, ...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office found Alligator Alcatraz cost almost three times higher than standard ICE detention centers.

The Amnesty International report claims detainees at Alligator Alcatraz face punitive punishment and unsanitary living conditions. A spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis' office called the report a ...

Immigrants at the Florida detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz were kept in “small metal enclosures” for up to nearly two hours in what the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog ...

Alligator Alcatraz is reportedly on the brink of shutting down for good nearly a year after the facility opened. Florida Gov.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state-run immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" violated a host of federal and ...

Aerial view of the runway and structures including gigantic tents built at the recently opened migrant detention center, “Alligator Alcatraz,” located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Florida congresswoman condemned what she described as "inhumane conditions" inside Alligator Alcatraz after touring the ...