Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged after ...

The same operators that closed facilities plan to reopen them to hold immigrants. Advocates say that puts detainees at risk ...

Here's a quick look back at the history of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, from most recent to its start. In a post on his Truth Social site Sunday evening, Trump wrote, “For too long, America ...

Prison population was over capacity. MIAMI -- Feb. 15, 2012— -- One of the deadliest prison fires in history tore through an overcrowded prison in Honduras overnight, killing as many as 350 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. What will that mean, practically speaking? I turned to former officials who have run ...

The maximum-security, minimum-privilege prison operated for nearly 30 years but shut down because it cost three times more to run Alcatraz than other federal prisons NBC Universal, Inc. Alcatraz ...