Gov. Ron DeSantis has said the location in the rugged and remote Everglades was meant as a deterrent against escape, much like the island prison in California that Republicans named it after. The detention center has an estimated annual cost of $450 million, according to a public database.

On a sweltering afternoon in the Everglades, faith and activism intersected — as the nonprofit Guatemalan Maya Center organized a Catholic mass outside Alligator Alcatraz, the remote immigration detention center.

A federal judge is considering whether detainees have been denied their legal rights at a temporary immigrant detention center.

Florida's DeSantis unveils new immigration detention center dubbed 'Deportation Depot' to expand deportations.

Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, has been hit by repeated respiratory outbreaks most likely caused by COVID-19. Prisoners report inhumane conditions and denied medical care,

A remote Everglades facility drew prayers, tears and outrage as families rallied for immigrants held there at a Mass led by 'Father Frank' O'Loughlin.