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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.
Everglades Alcatraz rose without a review or citizen input. Nonprofits are fighting back
Truck traffic, blazing lights, sewage: 55 years later, Alligator Alcatraz steamrolls Marjory Stoneman Douglas-led effort to ...
Trump to visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' for grand opening of swampy Everglades detention center for illegal aliens
President Donald Trump to head to Florida for opening of "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility in the Everglades, supported ...
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Immigration attorney says detainees struggling to access water, medication at Everglades facility
Fraga's account is one of several stories from inmates and attorneys about the detention facility’s challenges during its ...
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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 ...
‘Gravely concerned’: Miami-Dade County mayor presses for access to Alligator Alcatraz
Amid allegations of deplorable conditions in Alligator Alcatraz, mayor of Miami-Dade County asks the feds and state ...
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Red states consider ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ spinoffs as WH urges them to follow DeSantis’ lead: 'Lots of bears'
The White House and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are encouraging Republican states across the nation to follow Florida's lead ...