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Giant bugs, heat and a hospitalization: Inside Alligator Alcatraz's first days
Concerns about conditions for detainees were heightened when one was rushed out of the detention center Monday in an ...
5 things to know about GardaWorld, one of the contractors behind Alligator Alcatraz
GardaWorld, an international security company whose U.S. headquarters are in Boca Raton, is one of several contractors hired ...
Orange County Corrections confirms 'some' incarcerated people have been taken to Alligator Alcatraz
WESH 2 has confirmed people held over the past week in the Orange County jail have been transported to the new Alligator Alcatraz detention facility in the Florida Everglades.
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Environmentalists raise concerns over latest work done at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Newly-released aerial photos taken over the remote airport site of the state-built migrant detention facility “Alligator Alcatraz” led environmental groups to question whether it contradicted ...
Environmental groups claim paving is happening at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in new court filing
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has previously said there would be no impacts to vegetation and there would be no paving or ...
Immigration attorney says client had no access to running water at Alligator Alcatraz
Fraga said her client was initially held in an ICE holding facility in Riviera Beach, before being moved to Alligator ...
Nancy Mace has 'swamp and a dream,' praises Alligator Alcatraz, says SC 'gators are ready'
"South Carolina's gators are ready. And they're not big on paperwork. If I was Governor, we'd be bringing Alligator Alcatraz" ...
Red states consider ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ spinoffs as WH urges them to follow DeSantis’ lead: 'Lots of bears'
Republican states are considering building versions of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," a detention facility for illegal ...