Since when does a criminal’s right to make a cup of tea come before the safety of prison officers? That was the question ...

Alcatraz closed in 1963 because it was too costly to operate — three times more costly than any other federal prison. It's not coming back.

SUPERMAX has been described as a living hell. There is no work and nearly 24 hours daily are spent in a cell. While both SUPERMAX and Alcatraz have no recorded successful escapes, SUPERMAX has not ...

At the rocky edge of Alcatraz, a Brandt’s cormorant is committing ... From the old officers’ quarters to the warden’s house near the parade grounds, the western gull has never looked more ...

Therefore, when he speaks of reopening Alcatraz as a prison, that is exactly what he is doing. For him, Alcatraz is a symbol of what he believes is law and order. So if it were to become a prison ...

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he plans to reopen and expand Alcatraz as a federal prison ... to work together to rebuild the shuttered island penitentiary to house what he called ...

In north St. Louis, residents are staying in wrecked homes, keeping watch from their front yards and sleeping in their cars.

The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is heading up an inquiry into two inmate deaths that occurred last week ...

The House of Representatives' tax-writing panel took a key step in advancing President Donald Trump's tax agenda on Wednesday morning, finishing a marathon session that began with lawmakers ...