One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...

Jen Shah of "Real Housewives," Brittish Williams of "Basketball Wives," the disgraced stars of "Chrisley Knows Best." ...

The penitentiary has over the years housed such infamous criminals as George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Robert Stroud, James Earl ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would order the government rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a small island of the same name off the coast of San Francisco that once housed ...

History shows us that the island operating as a prison had been too costly. The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary officially closed more than 62 years ago. The maximum-security, minimum-privilege ...

At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would order the government to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a small island of the same name off the coast of San Francisco that once ...

Now is the time to demand our legislators support keeping correctional facilities free from the corruption of privatization.