Rep. Frost blasts Alligator Alcatraz as Trump fans chase distractions. Kindness and truth remain our best defense against rising cruelty.

A detainee held at the migrant detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” is sharing details of his experience.

The Alligator Alcatraz facility has received heavy pushback and a legal challenge, as well as garnering additional political stock and attention for the national profile of both Florida Governor ...

Don’t call it ‘Alligator Auschwitz,’ writes columnist Scott Maxwell. But do get informed about the human-rights allegations ...

Prosecutors said the evidence in the 2017 murder case was circumstantial and a star witness had become uncooperative.

Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz described limited access to water and fresh air, saying they received only one meal a day and that the lights are on 24/7.

Alcatraz was first used as a jail during the American Civil War. It later became a federal penitentiary in 1934, closing less than 30 years later.

Key to the marketing ploy underpinning Florida's detention camp in the Everglades is the alligator, portrayed by Republican ...

The public needs clear, accurate language. The stakes are too high for us to play along with the Trump administration’s ...

R. Bruce Anderson writes that whatever your political position may be, taking pleasure in the misery of other humans is ...

Some people detained at the facility have violent criminal histories. But data and news reports about the first month's ...

ICE data from June 2025 showed 72% of people detained in the agency's facilities had no criminal convictions, although 24.7% ...