One aspect of the South Florida facility has drawn far less attention, though: the name itself, and the long history of associating alligators with racist ideas about people of color. I’m a historian ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TOPSHOT - An aerial view of a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," is seen located at the site of the ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General report includes images of the “small metal enclosures.” Credit: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General ...

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced at a press conference Thursday that the state's "Alligator Alcatraz" detention camp is shutting down after less than a year in operation. It's a quiet ...

The migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is closed, but much about it remains unresolved. There are lawsuits over detainees’ treatment, environmental claims over damage to protected ...

An environmental advocacy group dropped a lawsuit against the state Tuesday after evidence showed Florida had taken down generators used to power "Alligator Alcatraz." The Center for Biological ...

MIAMI— In response to the dismantling of air-polluting generators at the immigrant detention center in Big Cypress National Preserve, the Center for Biological Diversity today concluded its lawsuit ...

The migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is closed, but much about it remains unresolved. There are lawsuits over detainees’ treatment, environmental claims over damage to protected ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Mark V. Barrow, Jr. is a Professor of History at Virginia ...