An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...

Washington’s now-abandoned McNeil Island Corrections Center was a federal penitentiary for over 100 years. Could the federal government reopen it?

Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

Many California officials responded with a range of ridicule and concern about reopening the nearly century-old prison. State ...

President Trump directs reopening of Alcatraz to house most dangerous criminals. The place once known as 'The Rock' could ...

Discover how a 1962 Popular Mechanics article inspired the legendary Alcatraz escape, blending ingenuity and determination in ...

Alcatraz is in San Francisco Bay off the coast of San Francisco and visible from the Golden Gate Bridge. It is best known for ...

Can it be a coincidence that South Florida’s most powerful social media provocateur called for the resurrection of a decrepit ...

The name Alcatraz still elicits thoughts about the shady characters kept in isolating (and poor) conditions that made the ...