Reopening Alcatraz is such a quintessentially Trumpian idea that it’s a miracle the president didn’t try to do it before.

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...

The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.

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

President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again. It comes more than 60 years after the California ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would order the government rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a ...

The most infamous inmate of Alcatraz was Al Capone, the Chicago mob boss who was nicknamed Scarface over the scars on his ...

The President said he wants to restore the legendary island prison, which was closed decades ago and converted into a tourist ...

A North Platte man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison for methamphetamine convictions. Brian Titman, 46, of North Platte was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison ...

Federal appellate judges seemed doubtful Thursday that a wetland on St. Simons Island is protected by the Clean Water Act under a test recently created by the U.S.

An ex-con from Staten Island was found guilty of committing ... On Monday, a Brooklyn Federal Court jury delivered a verdict that could end his criminal career for good — guilty on five federal ...