After floating the idea of reopening a shuttered federal prison on Alcatraz Island, President Donald Trump tasked two of his ...

Alcatraz was first used as a jail during the American Civil War. It later became a federal penitentiary in 1934, closing less than 30 years later.

President Donald Trump announced plans to reopen and expand Alcatraz Island as a prison for the nation's "most ruthless and ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says deportation flights from the remote Everglades immigration lockup known as "Alligator Alcatraz ...

Trump continues to face backlash from his MAGA supporters over his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. He ...

A tour of the facility shows how the former federal penitentiary remains larger than life in American mythology.

Donald Trump’s plan to restore Alcatraz as a maximum security federal prison is a costly and unnecessary idea that has been ...

Riley Gaines defended her decision to swim from Alcatraz to shore at 31 weeks pregnant, addressing backlash on her podcast ...

The group has received reports this week that detainees from the island have been sent to the Florida facility and allege "rights violations and dehumanizing treatment" there.

Pair searches for paranormal activity in the ruins of notorious Spike Island as Discovery Channel series returns.

The public needs clear, accurate language. The stakes are too high for us to play along with the Trump administration’s ...