"You don't expect them to be used in countries that have reasonable rule of law standards," said Juan E. Méndez, a former ...

The facility was shut down in June.

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 ...

Florida’s governor is seeking to downplay the DHS’ findings about the treatment of immigrant detainees at his state’s ...

Donald Trump ordered the federal government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, saying the notorious prison should once again hold ...

As Florida's Everglades detention center made international headlines, an immigration detention center near Jacksonville went under the radar.

The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.

Nearly 80 immigrant detainees who were held at Florida’s makeshift detention center, known as Alligator Alcatraz, were briefly held in small metal enclosures for “periods ranging from several minutes ...