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

Two separate lawsuits could halt operations at “Alligator Alcatraz,” the controversial makeshift immigrant detention center ...

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

A federal judge will hear closing arguments in a hearing over whether to stop construction indefinitely at an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as she co ...

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

Back in the 1960s, it almost became the world’s largest airport, a six-runway behemoth, many times the size of Kennedy ...

Homeland Security says a detainee fainted. But other accounts say the man was unconscious. One witness said the guards did ...

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

One agreement submitted in federal court was amended on Wednesday and applied retroactively to cover the six weeks the facility has been open.

Construction at "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida's new immigrant detention center, has been halted while a judge hears arguments on environmental impacts.

The temporary restraining order will put a pause on any construction projects, including lighting, paving, excavation, and ...

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