The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.

The seven articles below about Alligator Alcatraz focus on conditions, motivations, and controversies surrounding the Everglades detention facility. Catch up with the coverage below.

Lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that “Alligator Alcatraz” detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys.

Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in Big Cypress National Preserve, has opened with a capacity of 3,000 and potential for 5,000 detainees. Security measures include barbed wire ...

Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could ...

What they’re trying to do, at the end of the day, is pretend like this facility is not governed by federal law,” said one ...

Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said in an announcement that spinoff facilities are currently underway.

Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion ...