A short ferry ride from San Francisco brings you to the shores of this infamous island where you can dive into American ...

The facility has been dubbed the "Cornhusker Clink," by Nebraska and U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials, a nod to ...

The Nebraska governor said in August that he didn’t know if the center would house women as well as men or if children could ...

The project - pitched as a $450 million symbol of innovation and "Manifest Destiny" - remains purely conceptual, with no federal approval or funding.

A former Alcatraz resident, Prisoner C-4393 gained the attention in 1951 of a Southwest Missouri State University sociology professor.

A minimum-security state prison in the remote southwest corner of Nebraska reconfigured to serve as a federal immigration ...

Samples is at the head of a group fighting in court and on social media for the closing of a detainment center called ...

At 58, Betty Osceola has emerged as an environmental advocate and an outspoken critic of the so-called Alligator Alcatraz ...

Eve Samples is at the head of a group fighting in court and on social media for the closing of a detainment center called ...

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