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'Alligator Alcatraz' Contracts Disappeared From a Florida State Database

A state official says the contracts contained "proprietary information," so they were scrubbed and replaced with bare-bones summaries.

Reason · Jul 22, 2025

Florida signs $245 million in contracts for 'Alligator Alcatraz.' Here's a look by the numbers

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has already signed at least $245 million in state contracts to set up and run the new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2025

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Reason · Jul 22, 2025

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Environmentalists' lawsuit to halt Alligator Alcatraz filed in wrong court, Florida official says

Florida’s top emergency official says a judge should resist a request by environmentalists to halt an immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz in the middle of the Florida Everglades because it was filed in the wrong jurisdiction

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025

A 15-year-old boy with no criminal history ended up at Alligator Alcatraz after rush to fill facility

‘This is one of many problems with illegal immigration: individuals are in our country without any way to verify their identity,’ a spokesperson for the agency that oversees the facility said

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2025

'Alligator Alcatraz' Funded by Taxpayer Money Intended for Florida's Hurricane Response, Disaster Preparedness: Report

Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded $20 million in no-bid contracts, including nearly $500,000 for an emergency radio system that was originally designated for disaster preparedness during the active hurricane season.

Latin Times · Jul 18, 2025

Florida Democrats Seek To Shut Down 'Alligator Alcatraz': 'Shut Down This Atrocity'

Florida Democrats have introduced legislation to shut down the migrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz"

Latin Times · Jul 18, 2025

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Kristi Noem says other unnamed states are in the process of building Alligator Alcatraz-style facilities

At least five Republican governors are reportedly considering building large-scale immigration detention centers modeled after Florida’s

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2025

Florida plan to deputize National Guard officers as immigration judges at Alligator Alcatraz would likely violate constitutional rights

Seeking to expand Florida’s role in federal immigration enforcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in May 2025 submitted the state’s Immigration Enforcement Operations Plan to the Trump administration.

The Conversation · Jul 18, 2025

Underage ‘Dragon Ball Z’ fan accidentally thrown into Alligator Alcatraz, housed with grown men

Incompetence and cruelty is a lethal combination.

We Got This Covered · Jul 18, 2025

How DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

More than 100 emails expose the extent to which authorities in southwest Florida were left unaware of plans to build a sprawling immigration detention centre in the Everglades

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2025

Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for 'Alligator Alcatraz'

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

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

'Alligator Alcatraz' Detainees Say in New Lawsuit They're Being Denied Access to Their Attorneys

The lawsuit says attorneys have been repeatedly turned away from the detention camp and had virtual meetings mysteriously canceled.

Reason · Jul 17, 2025

DeSantis under fire for using disaster funds to build migrant detention jail

Analysis of $20m spent on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ shows some contracts went to governor’s donors or allies

The Guardian - US · Jul 17, 2025

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Latin Times · Jul 17, 2025

Advocates Claim Migrants Held At 'Alligator Alcatraz' Are Being Prevented From Accessing Legal Counsel

Advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit claiming that migrants being held at the detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" are being prevented from accessing legal counsel

Reason · Jul 16, 2025

Lawyers and Families Report Squalid Conditions and Lack of Legal Access at Alligator Alcatraz

Numerous accounts of lack of showers, overflowing toilets, and inability to meet with lawyers are emerging from the detention center in the middle of the Everglades.

The Conversation · Jul 16, 2025

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ showcases Donald Trump’s penchant for visual cruelty

The United States government recently announced the opening of a massive immigrant detention facility built deep within the Florida Everglades that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a media briefing that “there is only one road leading in … and the only way out…

Latin Times · Jul 15, 2025

DHS Secretary Noem Says Five Republican States Wish to Copy Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz', Calls on Democrats to Follow Suit

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has announced that five Republican-led states are in active discussions with the federal government to replicate Florida's recently opened migrant detention facility, known as "Alligator Alcatraz."

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The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida wants to join a federal lawsuit against 'Alligator Alcatraz'

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction of a new immigration detention facility in the Everglades, which tribal members consider their sacred ancestral homelands

The Conversation · Jul 15, 2025

Florida is fronting the $450M cost of Alligator Alcatraz – a legal scholar explains what we still don’t know about the detainees

The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a reference to the former maximum security federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay.

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

‘It’s a concentration camp’: Everything we know about Trump’s new ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Florida Everglades

EXPLAINER: The already-notorious immigrant detention camp was rapidly assembled in a remote location full of dangerous wildlife. But detainees have alleged brutal conditions — even while Republicans sell merchandise, writes Io Dodds

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2025

Alligator Alcatraz report disputes Trump’s claim that it would detain the “most menacing migrants”

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Reason · Jul 14, 2025

The Original Alcatraz Closed for Costing Too Much. Alligator Alcatraz Should Too.

Florida’s elected officials should learn from the original facility that inspired the state’s newest immigrant detention center's name, and change course before it’s too late.

Reason · Jul 14, 2025

Hundreds of 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detainees Don't Have Criminal Records

Trump said the prison camp would hold "some of the most vicious people on the planet," but a list obtained by the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Tribune shows otherwise.

Latin Times · Jul 14, 2025

Democratic Lawmakers Decry Conditions At 'Alligator Alcatraz' After Tour: 'Wall-to-Wall Humans in Cages'

Democratic lawmakers sharply criticized the conditions at the Florida's migrant detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz" after a state-arranged tour during the weekend.

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