A federal judge in Miami has dismissed part of a lawsuit that claimed detainees were denied access to the legal system at the ...

Jolene lived alongside dangerous criminals like Al Capone and the Birdman of Alcatraz on the infamous prison island ...

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state ...

Construction of a immigrant detention center in the Everglades could be halted indefinitely as a federal judge considers ...

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 ...

Once known as the bloodiest prison in the country, Angola is a maximum security facility with a dark history—and a popular prison rodeo.

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

A US federal judge ordered a temporary pause on Thursday to further construction of the migrant detention center in the ...

President Donald Trump's idea to reopen Alcatraz prison is ridiculous for many reasons, but high among them: It's a tremendously successful tourist destination, Peter Hartlaub writes.

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 ...