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County officials say they were blindsided by DeSantis administration plans for Alligator Alcatraz
Gov. DeSantis' administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center built in the ...
Trump's new Alcatraz prison could cost $2 billion, Axios reports
U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to convert Alcatraz back into a maximum-security prison could cost roughly $2 billion, ...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration eyes Alcatraz reopening to house nation’s ‘worst of the worst’
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island to assess its potential reopening as a ...
AG Pam Bondi visits Alcatraz amid Trump's proposal to reopen; Pelosi blasts 'stupidest' idea
Top Trump administration officials visited Alcatraz Thursday morning as part of the controversial plan to reopen the federal ...
Trump’s plan to reopen Alcatraz appears to move forward with officials’ visit
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the site on Thursday to study whether reopening it as a ...
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Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said
But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.  President Donald Trump, federal officials and ...
The Dark History That Predates Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.