The federal prison on Alcatraz Island operated for 29 years before it was shut down in 1963. Its namesake in Florida might not make it to 29 weeks. In a ruling late Thursday, a federal judge in Miami ...

A federal judge has barred the Trump administration and Florida from detaining any more migrants at Alligator Alcatraz and ...

Alcatraz zookeepers refuse to give up even as species are dying in Emma Sloley's 'The Island of Last Things,' a resilient novel set in the future.

For several decades, Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay has attracted the public to tour an aging, infamous prison whose inmate roster included Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly ...

For several decades, Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay has attracted the public to tour an aging, infamous prison whose inmate roster included Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly. But ...

Likely the most popular abandoned prison in the U.S., Alcatraz Island, located in San Francisco Bay, is best-known for its time as a maximum-security federal penitentiary. It housed some of America’s ...

The fate of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” hung in the balance ...

Alcatraz zookeepers refuse to give up even as species are dying in Emma Sloley's 'The Island of Last Things,' a resilient novel set in the future.

Alcatraz named one of the top U.S. attractions by Tripadvisor The ranking comes as President Donald Trump considers converting the National Park back into a a federal prison.