The prison on Alcatraz Island wasn't called 'The Rock' for nothing. (National Park Service) When I teach the Civil War, I frequently encounter surprised faces when students learn that California, so ...

On a lonely island, in the middle of San Francisco Bay, the now abandoned Alcatraz prison sits silently. Dubbed the world’s most secure prison, it has long been thought that no one has ever escaped ...

The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida and conservation groups argue the facility has illegally operated without a required ...

I no longer wish to live in a country where performative cruelty has become the guiding principle of government ...

Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, said the U.S. would "reserve the opportunity" to take Iran's enriched uranium by ...

The Presidio lives rent-free in Donald Trump's head. He's a terrible landlord.

The proposal cuts most HUD grant programs, but allocates $152 million to start work on Alcatraz. There's always money for ...

One attorney wrote in a sworn declaration that officers broke a detainee’s wrist and “pepper sprayed everyone.” ...

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz describes cages, food and legal access issues at Alligator Alcatraz After an unannounced ...

Everything about this screams inhumane and unnecessary, and the cruelty is the point,’ U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz ...

Appeals judges heard arguments on whether Alligator Alcatraz must halt over environmental concerns in the Everglades. A ...

Environmental groups on Tuesday asked a federal appellate court panel to drop its temporary halt of a lower court’s order ...