An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...

Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a ...

The facility on Alcatraz Island has been a tourist attraction under the National Parks Service for longer than it operated as ...

Bureau of Prisons director said it will "vigorously" pursue "all avenues to support and implement" the Trump's agenda after ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would order the government rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a ...

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...

We will no longer be held hostage to criminals, thugs, and Judges that are afraid to do their job and allow us to remove ...

Many California officials responded with a range of ridicule and concern about reopening the nearly century-old prison. State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, called it “unhinged.” ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump said he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the infamous ...

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday (May 4) he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the ...