A new migrant detention facility on a military base near the U.S.-Mexico border is scheduled to begin operations on Sunday.

Likely the most popular abandoned prison in the U.S., Alcatraz Island, located in San Francisco Bay, is best-known for its ...

Alligator Alcatraz was opened as the Trump administration amped up its pursuit of people it considers to be illegally in the ...

Now that Alcatraz might be reopened as a prison by the federal government, "Banfield" looks back at the historic facility ...

Alligator Alcatraz violates the Constitution, harms the environment and dehumanizes immigrants, says UM law professor | ...

Once known as the bloodiest prison in the country, Angola is a maximum security facility with a dark history—and a popular prison rodeo.

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has a macabre history, and could soon welcome 450 immigrant detainees.

Former corrections officer alleges ‘inhumane’ conditions prevail at Everglades detention center as DHS insists claims are ‘yet another attempt to smear ICE law enforcement’ ...

Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How did we get here?