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Newsweek spoke with the attorney of a detainee and the friend of another. Both described harrowing conditions at the remote facility.

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% ...

Environmental groups and locals including the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida say the center is a big problem.

An Italian passport holder was already preparing to leave the U.S. All three ended up at Alligator Alcatraz, a vast compound ...

“Alligator Alcatraz” is the insulting name Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has given the inhumane detention center he has erected ...

Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion.

These articles share insights into Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in Florida. The takeaways focus on construction, politics and the controversial location. See the stories below.

P.S. Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a Holocaust survivor who played cello in the Auschwitz women’s orchestra, turns a hundred today.