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Alligator Alcatraz lights up Big Cypress National Preserve’s dark sky
DarkSky International in 2016 designated Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve as the nation’s first preserve to achieve ...
Florida lawmakers who were denied access to Alligator Alcatraz file lawsuit
Five legislators who were denied access to the Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades last ...
Detained immigrants at 'Alligator Alcatraz' say there are worms in food and wastewater on the floor
At the brand new Everglades immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz,” people held there say worms turn up in the food. Toilets don't flush, flooding floors with ...
As Alligator Alcatraz adds more pavement, environmentalists add to legal complaints
In a newly filed legal notice, environmental groups accused the government agencies of ignoring even more environmental ...
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Is Florida's Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades Hurricane proof?
Alligator Alcatraz, a detention camp in the Florida Everglades, is designed to hold 3,000 detainees and is said to withstand Category 2 hurricane winds. The facility, built in eight days, is ...
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Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Detail Grim Conditions of Everglades Pokey: ‘Like Rats in an Experiment’
Cuban artist Leamsy Izquierdo and others are speaking out about what they describe as the inhumane conditions of the Alligator Alcatraz.
Members of Miccosukee Tribe, Everglades residents decry Alligator Alcatraz as threat to land and culture
Cited concerns included light pollution, saying the bright lights from the facility are diminishing the internationally ...
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Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades: What's the python population?
Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with massive Burmese pythons.