The move ends nearly 18 months of litigation by one of the five men, who said he was looking forward to the change of scenery ...

Two prison corporations and the Federal Bureau of Prisons have moved quickly to prepare facilities to hold immigrants in ...

The announcement is the latest example of a shift in the politics of the death penalty since Donald Trump returned to office.

Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...

Defense attorneys argue a former prison lieutenant was sentenced as a “scapegoat.” A relative of the deceased feels everyone ...

The Trump administration is halting some hiring at the federal Bureau of Prisons, the crisis-plagued agency where chronic ...

He was one of 205 people arrested nationwide as part of what the Justice Department named Operation Restore Justice.

U.S. Attorney Robert Troester for the Western District of Oklahoma filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty against ...

The United States Department of Justice released the results of a nationwide effort to crackdown on child sex predators.

In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests ...

Discover how a 1962 Popular Mechanics article inspired the legendary Alcatraz escape, blending ingenuity and determination in ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...