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

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

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

Old-school hitchiker and rail-rider, Matthew Schwartz found his way to the Yukon for his 18th birthday. Now he's fighting against Alligator Alcatraz ...

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

There are few things more characteristic of the Trump regime than cruelty, often gratuitous cruelty, Shoemaker says.

Stanford Chatfield is an historical interpreter at Alcatraz for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. He was incarcerated 35 years. At 69 years old, I wake up every morning excited to go to work ...

Out in the San Francisco Bay, a notorious prison is on everyone’s bucket list, even international tourists. It is one of the top U.S. attractions. Tickets sell out months in advance, especially for ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the Bay Area to tour Alcatraz Thursday morning as part of the controversial plan to reopen the federal ...