Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...

At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

What some might not know about Alcatraz Island is that it was not just home to criminals; about 60 families of staff members ...

To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.

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UFC commentator Joe Rogan casts a doubt in his ability to match Nick Diaz's super human feat of swimming in shark infested ...

That’s Donald “I can do whatever I want” Trump for you. Like announcing 100 percent tariffs on movies made outside the U.S. Out of which (or whose) orifice did he pull that one? How it’ll work, he ...

Restoring the infamous island penitentiary would be a logistical nightmare, experts say: ‘on a cost-benefit analysis, it’s ...

With the Trump administration moving to reopen Alcatraz as a prison, it's time to revisit some of the movies that made the ...

The Trump administration has found another country to send people to, even as the courts insist he has to return hundreds of ...

The Trump administration is halting some hiring at the federal Bureau of Prisons, the crisis-plagued agency where chronic ...

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Pamela Hassell, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published ...