Gov. Ron DeSantis has said the location in the rugged and remote Everglades was meant as a deterrent against escape, much like the island prison in California that Republicans named it after. The detention center has an estimated annual cost of $450 million, according to a public database.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference in Baker County on Thursday morning. He will be speaking at the Baker Correctional Institution in Sanderson alongside Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins, Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie and Adjutant General of Florida Major General John D. Haas.

The second detention center will support the “Alligator Alcatraz” facility opened in South Florida in early July, state officials said.

Following an Ocean County man's lawsuit a judge ordered better living conditions at an ICE detention facility in New York.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request from the GEO Group to reconsider its decision siding with lower courts that found GEO violated state minimum wage law.

A resolution calling for the “staged withdrawal” of Fulton County inmates from Atlanta’s detention center has stalled, prompting calls for action from advocates.

A male inmate at the Garland Detention Center died Sunday, just a few days after he was booked into the jail, police said. The man, who was in his 30s, was found unconscious at the detention center around 5 p.m. Sunday, said Pedro Barineau, a spokesperson for the Garland Police Department.

Homeless people in Washington, D.C., could face jail time if they do not comply with President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on crime and rid the U.S. capital of homeless encampments, the White House said on Tuesday.