Critics have condemned the facility as a cruel and inhumane threat to the ecologically sensitive wetlands, while Republican ...

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

A tribal leader told Newsweek that he and members in the Big Cypress National Preserve of Florida, which is adjacent to the ...

Hollywood celebrated 50th anniversary of summer blockbuster 'Jaws,' which instilled terror in the public about sharks, ...

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.

An Italian passport holder was already preparing to leave the U.S. All three ended up at Alligator Alcatraz, a vast compound ...

The group has received reports this week that detainees from the island have been sent to the Florida facility and allege ...

“This is what happens when you work together,” Díaz-Balart said about the project. Since Alligator Alcatraz, a new tented ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island to assess its potential reopening as a ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to convert Alcatraz back into a maximum-security prison could cost roughly $2 billion, ...

Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the site on Thursday to study whether reopening it as a ...