The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.

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

While Trump said Alcatraz prison — also known as “The Rock” — is a “symbol of law and order,” such an idealistic emblem would be a realistic expense for taxpayers. History shows us ...

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

From 1934 until its closure in 1963, Alcatraz operated as a maximum-security federal penitentiary designed to hold what some ...

After floating the idea of reopening a shuttered federal prison on Alcatraz Island, President Donald Trump tasked two of his ...

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 ...

This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner escape routes – and looking at ways to preserve the island for the future.

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 ...

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 ...