Within Prison Walls was a wild success, and for a short period it made Osborne the most prominent penal reformer in the ...

Two guards who worked at the former detention center in the Florida Everglades, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," were charged ...

Two Alligator Alcatraz guards have pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor battery charges in the first known criminal case ...

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 ...

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 ...