One of the detainees, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized during the strike but continued to refuse food, he said on Thursday.

A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" has entered its ninth day.

One detainee in the South Florida centre has been hospitalised but continues to refuse food. He said: "I'm not going to eat ...

A detainee at the Florida immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz has been on hunger strike for at least ...

A hunger strike at the Florida immigration detention center named 'Alligator Alcatraz' reaches its ninth day as detainees ...

Pedro Lorenzo Concepción has been in the controversial Florida detention center since July 9. He decided to stop eating nine ...

One worked in a celebrated restaurant in Miami’s Design District. Another is an aspiring DJ. An Italian passport holder was ...

Pedro Lorenzo Concepción, a Cuban migrant held at the Alligator Alcatraz detention center in Florida since July 9, has been ...

The mother of a detainee being held in the immigration detention center nicknamed 'Alligator Alcatraz' says some detainees ...

Detainees at the Florida immigration facility have been on a hunger strike for several days, protesting conditions at the ...

A group of detainees at the detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” have been on a hunger strike for more than nine days ...

But it’s estimated that Alligator Alcatraz is going to cost $450 million a year, with Florida footing the initial costs and planning to seek reimbursement from FEMA.