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The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center
Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of ...
Contracts Show Millions of Dollars and Diverted Disaster Resources Were Used to Build DeSantis’ ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
TPM has obtained and analyzed over a dozen contracts and invoices related to the construction and operation of Florida ...
Democratic lawmakers concerned about Jacksonville-based company’s involvement in Alligator Alcatraz
Jacksonville-based company CRS has secured 45 state contracts since its creation, mostly dealing with disaster relief work ...
Lawyers and Families Report Squalid Conditions and Lack of Legal Access at Alligator Alcatraz
Prisoners at Florida's newly opened immigrant detention center in the Everglades are suffering in squalid conditions and are cut off from legal access, according to attorneys, detainees, family ...
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DeSantis says he wants ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to be filled before moving forward with Camp Blanding’s detention site plans
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday he wants the detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” to be at full ...
Is ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ‘Vile’ Or ‘Professional’? What Critics And Backers Say About Detainment Facility
Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could ...
Immigrant Rights Group Says Its Billboards Opposing Alligator Alcatraz Were Taken Down Under Political Pressure
The Florida Immigrant Coalition's new billboards were restored less than a day after being taken down, but why were they ...
Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages
Deep in the hazardous and ecologically fragile Everglades, hundreds of migrants are confined in cages in a makeshift tent ...