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Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Allege ICE Guard Gave Larvae-Tainted Water, Denied Food Over Signing English Documents They Cannot Read

Detainees at a Florida immigration jail allege guards withheld food and water to coerce them into signing documents they couldn't understand, escalating concerns over human rights violations.

International Business Times UK · Jun 5

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees say guards deny them food and clean water until they sign English documents

Detainees say they’re given ‘rotten’ water and denied meals for not signing papers in English that they don’t understand

The Guardian - US · Jun 5

Passengers describe ‘traumatic’ experiences after Alcatraz ferry crashes into pier

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The Independent UK · May 27

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Coyote stuns wildlife experts with incredible two-mile swim to Alcatraz

A lone coyote stunned biologists and others by swimming to Alcatraz Island earlier this year

The Independent UK · May 5

Trump announced Alcatraz reopening just hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on a South Florida PBS station

The 1979 film starring Clint Eastwood about the daring 1962 escape attempt aired on the local PBS channel just six hours before the president made his demand that the prison be reopened

The Independent UK · May 5, 2025

How Boston mobster Whitey Bulger helped with the escape from Alcatraz

The 1962 escape from Alcatraz by three prisoners immediately became the stuff of legend – and quickly film – that has never been fully explained. A new book about brothers John and Clarence Anglin, who planned the caper to freedom with a third felon, claims the trio survived and made…

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2024

Video reveals nail-biting near-miss between swimmers and a cargo ship in San Francisco Bay

A massive ship ploughs through a group of open water swimmers near Alcatraz

Advnture · Nov 7, 2023

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