Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin escaped their cells at Alcatraz in June 1962. What no one has proved is ...

(KRON) — Hundreds of swimmers will brave the chilly waters of the San Francisco Bay and paddle from Alcatraz Island this weekend. Saturday, Aug. 8 marks the 33rd Alcatraz Sharkfest Swim, a 1.5-mile ...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Last summer, a symbol of President Donald Trump’s campaign against illegal immigration quickly appeared amid the vast Florida Everglades. Less than a year later, the detention ...

The bright blue sign that read ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ has been taken down and replaced with the original Dade-Collier Training and Transitional Airport sign and the gate is shut. Debbie Clark Wehking ...

A federal judge is demanding official evidence that the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center is permanently closed. The judge rejected the state's claim that the case was resolved by Gov.

A former California reserve deputy sheriff has been identified as the person who died after a pleasure boat carrying members of an extended family capsized in the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay ...

“Alligator Alcatraz,” the remote Florida immigration detention center that faced harsh criticism for its conditions, is gone after Gov. Ron DeSantis said the facility has shut down last month. Aerial ...

The Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in the Everglades has been officially closed and boarded up. Conservation group Friends of the Everglades is continuing a lawsuit to hold the ...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — We’ve been covering “Alligator Alcatraz” — the controversial detention facility deep in the Florida Everglades — extensively over the past year. Immigration attorney Richard ...

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 ...

Manuel Bojorquez is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who joined CBS News Miami in April 2026 after serving as a CBS News National Correspondent for more than a decade. DeSantis made the announcement ...

Alligator Alcatraz is closing with a bitter send-off from the families of once-detained immigrants. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the notorious detention center is being shuttered ...