A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future The maximum-security, minimum-privilege prison operated for nearly 30 years but shut down because it cost three ...

Land in the Everglades once designated to be a jetport, is now being turned into a detention center for migrants and being called Alligator Alcatraz.

Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay hasn't been used as a prison for 60 years. Now, President Trump wants to reopen it. Here's a brief history of the island.

When Alcatraz opened in 1934, Rabbi Rudolph Coffee, a pioneering chaplain in California’s prison system, ensured that seven Jewish inmates were permitted to observe Passover and the High Holidays.

A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future The maximum-security, minimum-privilege prison operated for nearly 30 years but shut down because it cost three ...