Stifling heat at a Miami-area concrete prison without air conditioning contributed to four deaths and subjected prisoners to cruel and unusual punishment, according to a federal lawsuit filed ...

The five Democratic state lawmakers who were denied entrance to inspect the new immigration detention center in the Florida ...

Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit to block the migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida ...

The lawmakers argue Governor Ron DeSantis violated state law and the Florida Constitution by denying them access.

Florida’s Everglades-based migrant detention facility, formally known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” is drawing criticism from Democrats and defense from Republicans following a tour over the weekend.

The family of a 23-year-old U.S. Airman fatally shot by a Florida deputy in the doorway of his apartment is announcing a federal civil rights lawsuit over his death on Tuesday.

Groups filed a lawsuit against the state and ICE to "halt the unlawful construction of a prison in the heart of the ...

TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge has rejected a request by Florida corrections officials to dismiss a potential class-action lawsuit alleging the state has violated inmates’ rights because of hot ...

President Donald Trump is visiting Alligator Alcatraz, the temporary migrant detention center in Florida's Everglades, on ...

"Gov. Ron DeSantis has plowed ahead with developing the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport ... in hopes of detaining up to 5,000 people there." ...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has filed a federal lawsuit against a former Florida sheriff’s deputy and others in the May 2024 shooting death of 23-year-old U.S. Senior Airman Roger Fortson.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" now being built on an airstrip in the heart of the Florida ...