Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz lived in cramped metal cages, drank dirty water, showered in bug-infested bathrooms and were subjected ...

A new report from the Department of Homeland Security's independent inspector general has revealed that the now-shuttered Florida detention center known as ...

A makeshift prison in the heart of the Florida Everglades has been emptied in the face of several lawsuits alleging inhumane and unconstitutional conditions and threats to a sprawling protected nature ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The men of Alligator Alcatraz lived in the equivalent of cages, drinking dirty water out of dirty cups and eating food stored at ...

OCHOPEE, Fla. — One year ago, Florida opened a detention facility in the middle of the Everglades that would become one of the most controversial immigration detention camps in the country: Alligator ...

DHS's internal watchdog is sharply criticizing conditions in a Florida immigration detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," finding detainees at the now-closed facility were held in "cramped ...

"You don't expect them to be used in countries that have reasonable rule of law standards," said Juan E. Méndez, a former ...

Sara Dorn is a Forbes news reporter who covers politics. The small metal enclosures some detainees were kept in for periods of time at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility known as ...