Detainees at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz severely beaten by guards, pepper-sprayed, lawyer claims

A lawyer says guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as ...

These Latino poets explore the concept of sovereignty — or, what it means to belong to yourself

Four Latino poets explore what it means to belong to yourself, challenging stereotypes and centering community power and ...
Gators Wire

Cages, expired food, feces: What a U.S. Rep. saw at Alligator Alcatraz

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz describes cages, food and legal access issues at Alligator Alcatraz After an unannounced ...

Wasserman Schultz showed up unannounced at Alligator Alcatraz, demanded tour: What she says she saw

After three hours inside the confines of the immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades on Thursday, U.S. Rep.
Gators Wire

Appeals court weighs fate of Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades

Appeals judges heard arguments on whether Alligator Alcatraz must halt over environmental concerns in the Everglades. A ...

Torture box at Alligator Alcatraz subject of probe by 2 U.S. senators

Operated by the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) in coordination with ICE, Alligator Alcatraz was built by the ...
The Desert Sun

Image of Alcatraz Island legacy still dominates San Francisco Bay

Rising from San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Island feels both stark and cinematic. Once home to America’s most notorious federal prison, “The Rock” is now a windswept national park full of stories of ...

Two U.S. senators start probe into Alligator Alcatraz torture claims

Democratic U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Dick Durbin announced an investigation into claims of torture at Alligator Alcatraz on March 26. Alligator Alcatraz is an immigration detention center in Collier ...
WLRN

Former Alligator Alcatraz detainee: ‘Prison was better than that place’

Roxana was protesting outside the Krome immigrant detention center in Miami when she got the call that her husband was finally getting his freedom after five long months of "torture" and uncertainty ...