According to the Associated Press corrections officers at the facility can expect to earn up to $11,600 a month, plus overtime.

Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ administration has already signed contracts to pay at least $245 million to set up and run the new ...

Florida's top emergency official says a lawsuit to stop an immigration detention center known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the ...

A local activist group is voicing its concerns about plans for an immigrant detention center at Camp Blanding in Clay County on Saturday.

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

Gov. Ron DeSantis defended Friday the state agency that constructed the Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention center without fully notifying local officials.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a Marco Island event that there won’t be adverse impacts to the Everglades. He’s also not concerned ...

At least five Republican governors are reportedly considering building large-scale immigration detention centers modeled ...

The Florida governor relied on an executive order to seize the land, hire contractors, and bypass laws and regulations.

Before the detention facility opened, Florida Republicans added themed shirts, hats and coolers to their online store featuring the "Alligator Alcatraz" name surrounded by claw marks. Uthmeier, who ...

"Alligator Alcatraz" is the name posted in front of the hastily converted immigrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades.