Spike Island, the site of a notorious prison that remained in use until 2004, will this summer host a unique sporting event.

A first generation American from Queens, N.Y., Kameny was a decorated WWII veteran. With a prodigious 148 I.Q., he earned a ...

Trump, ever in search of sadistic pleasures, wants his own CECOT-like prison to intern what he calls America’s “most vicious ...

According to former FBI supervisory special agent, the 10 violent criminals who escaped from a New Orleans jail last Friday ...

Another ‍prominent ‍Jewish ‍prisoner ‍at ‍Alcatraz ‍was ‍Meyer ‍Harris ‍“Mickey” ‍Cohen, ‍whose ‍parents ‍had ‍immigrated ‍to ...

President Donald Trump directed multiple agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Prisons, to rebuild the Alcatraz Island federal prison. The infamous jail would be used “to house America’s most ...

President Trump's recent announcement regarding the potential reopening of Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary has ignited a ...

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.

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

President Donald Trump has said he’d like to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous island lockup in the middle of San Francisco Bay, turning it into a maximum-security fortress.

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.

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