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

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

A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons to "REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!" — the notorious ...

Even if Alcatraz, which was built to hold somewhat more than 300 inmates, is resurrected and expanded, it’ll hold only a ...

As if there was a need for more proof that President Donald Trump views his power as a way to indulge in grand gestures on ...

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

William Baker, 91, is believed to be one of the last living inmates of Alcatraz. He has harrowing tales to tell, including about the time he tried to escape.

"REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!" Trump wrote ... Washington. While in federal prison, according to the Bureau of Prisons, Stroud attacked another inmate, resulting in his transfer to USP Leavenworth.

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

James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the entirety of Alcatraz’s operation as a federal penitentiary, grasped the enduring symbolic power of the island from the ...

Trump has voiced plans to reopen and enlarge the notorious prison, Alcatraz. Will it actually happen? Here's what to know.