Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged after ...

Alcatraz Island is most well known for its prison, that housed notorious inmates such as Machine Gun Kelly and Al Capone. What may surprise you is that Alcatraz has a long and storied history, playing ...

On July 1, our governor and our president dedicated an ICE detention center in Collier County with the name "Alcatraz." Here's a breakdown of how Alcatraz operated as a federal prison from 1934 to ...

ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. (AP) — For 20th century crime buffs, few capers match the intrigue and ingenuity of the "Escape from Alcatraz," the 1962 prison break three inmates pulled off with stolen ...

"It caught the public's imagination," says Heaney. "We will be dead and gone for years, and people will still be saying, coming off the boat: 'That's Alcatraz.'" iStockphoto Frank Heaney can't escape ...

There was a time, not long ago, when Republicans and Democrats actually got along. They considered members of the other party adversaries, not enemies and, after sparring during the day over policy ...

The torturous methods allegedly used at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” echo one of the most horrific abuses carried out by the CIA at its secret “black site” prisons after the September 11 attacks.