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Immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades
The core factual finding is that multiple news outlets and advocacy organizations reported that , with estimates that roughly two-thirds of about 1,800 men lacked clear records after leaving the site ...
Alligator Alcatraz has not been declared permanently closed; federal courts issued an , but an appellate court temporarily stayed that order and allowed operations to continue while litigation proceed...
Alligator Alcatraz’s operational status is disputed: court orders in August 2025 required closure and removal of detainees and equipment, but appellate rulings and the federal government shutdown have...
Alligator Alcatraz opened in July 2025 as the South Florida Detention Facility and quickly became the center of lawsuits and a federal judge’s order to wind down operations within 60 days — a ruling t...
Alligator Alcatraz has as of November 6, 2025; its operational status remains contested in multiple courts and subject to temporary pauses or stays. Federal appellate decisions in September and later ...
Alligator Alcatraz — officially the South Florida Detention Facility — is located at the Dade‑Collier Training and Transition Airport inside Big Cypress National Preserve near Ochopee in the Florida E...
A clear single-number answer does not exist in the provided records because : a federal court ordered relief for 22 people unlawfully detained in Chicago, while investigative reporting on Florida’s “A...
A federal judge ordered Alligator Alcatraz — the state-operated immigration detention site in the Everglades — to stop admitting new detainees and to wind down operations within 60 days in late August...
No evidence in the provided materials indicates that any bodies were found near “Alligator Alcatraz” in 2024 or 2025; and they instead address Alcatraz history, alligator biology, and technical studie...
No reporting in the provided set indicates that Alligator Alcatraz — the Florida Everglades immigration detention site established in mid‑2025 — filed for bankruptcy or underwent corporate restructuri...
Reports from multiple outlets say hundreds of people who were detained at Alligator Alcatraz disappeared from ICE’s public detainee locator after leaving the site; The Miami Herald found roughly two‑t...
The available reporting shows no publicly produced police or coroner reports that explicitly document deaths or unexplained disappearances tied directly to the Alligator Alcatraz facility; multiple ne...
The available documents show that consolidates missing-persons cases specifically tied to Alligator Alley; reporting instead mixes unrelated regional incidents, ICE detention concerns, and a statewide...
A federal judge ordered Alligator Alcatraz — the South Florida Detention Facility in the Everglades — to stop taking new detainees and to wind down operations within roughly 60 days after finding the ...
There are active, organized protests against ICE across Florida through mid- to late-2025, led by local advocacy groups, faith networks, students and faculty, and community coalitions that oppose ICE ...
No reputable reporting in the provided files shows that “Alligator Alcatraz” has announced a reopening date or any plans to host temporary exhibits since the facility’s forced wind-down and legal chal...
ICE’s Online Detainee Locator showed roughly 800 of about 1,800 men who passed through the remote Alligator Alcatraz site in July 2025 no longer appeared in the federal database, and another ~450 had ...
Records and reporting show Alligator Alcatraz has operated continuously since July 1, 2025 and housed thousands of people; ICE data examined by NBC6 shows more than 6,700 people were held there throug...
Available reporting and investigations make no mention of any former Alligator Alcatraz locations having reopened under a different name or ownership; the facility—officially called the South Florida ...
Visitor reaction to Alligator Alcatraz shifted from curiosity and protest in mid‑2025 to intense public scrutiny and organized outrage after Amnesty International’s December 2025 report alleging “inhu...