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Miami-Dade mayor requests access to monitor Alligator Alcatraz amid reports of poor conditions
Mayor Daniella Levine Cava wrote to Attorney General James Uthmeier asking for weekly site reports, remote video monitoring ...
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New Allegations Emerge from 'Alligator Alcatraz' Including Extreme Temperatures, Lack of Access to Confidential Legal Calls
New reports from detainees and their families at Florida's newly opened migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz, ...
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Giant bugs, heat and a hospital visit: 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 ...
Retired Florida planner questions if any plans were made in advance of surprise prison
Jim Beever spent much of his career reviewing large developments in the Collier County area, which is where the detention ...
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.
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 ...
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Florida Bishop: ‘No Argument’ with Removing Criminals, but ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Is Troubling
A Florida bishop is criticizing recent public statements from public officials supporting a new detention facility for ...
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 ...