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

On Thursday, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen announced that a remote minimum-security prison in the state will begin serving as an immigration detention center to receive detainees. He has also admitted ...

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

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

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

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

HIGH POINT Can you imagine someone from High Point doing time at Alcatraz, once considered the most secure, escape-proof prison in America? When Alcatraz opened as a maximum-security federal ...

An appeals court has paused one of the lawsuits challenging Alligator Alcatraz during the government shutdown The delay is the latest frustration in a case advocates say has been marked by ...

Twenty-two days into the federal government shutdown, an appellate court has granted the Department of Justice’s request to pause a lawsuit over the environmental impact of the Florida Everglades’ ...

The portraits fill a visual vacuum during a ban on media access to the operation that holds the last 15 U.S. wartime prisoners. The portraits fill a visual vacuum during a ban on media access to the ...

An Illinois man was shot dead while incarcerated in a federal prison in Florida this month, his family and officials told NBC News, a rare incident behind bars as guards largely are not allowed to ...