About 250 Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador's maximum-security prison have been sent to Venezuela as part of a ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is dismissing renewed efforts to reopen Alcatraz Island as a federal prison after U.S.

A senior White House official said Friday that President Trump’s request to reopen Alcatraz at a reported $2 billion price ...

A driver plowed through a crowd in East Hollywood in California early Saturday, injuring more than 30 people, including seven ...

Reopening Alcatraz as a federal prison is widely considered a poor idea due to its high cost, legal complexity, and symbolic ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom is not holding his breath for the Trump administration to follow through on reopening ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent visit to Alcatraz raises questions about its future as a prison for violent ...

Two of the men accused of murdering two Perth brothers and their American friend will remain in the maximum-security El Hongo ...

Alcatraz, a former maximum security prison located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, housed notorious criminals like Al Capone and "Machine Gun" Kelly from 1934 to 1963.

When was it a maximum security prison: From 1934 to 1963, Alcatraz was known as the toughest federal prison, designed to house the "worst of the worst" criminals.

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

CRESCENT CITY – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials announced that an incarcerated person who walked away from t ...