From notorious prison to Native protest site, Alcatraz reveals how power, punishment and resistance shaped California and ...

San Francisco could be losing an iconic tourist spot. Donald Trump said on social media in May that he'd ordered federal agencies to reopen Alcatraz, the former maximum-security prison that held ...

After nearly 60 years on display, it's expected for heads to have some wear and tear, especially those used during the 1962 inmate escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. To preserve these relics ...

When Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz,” the much more widely used name for the South Florida Detention Facility, went into use in July to detain immigrants swept up in Donald Trump’s ambitiously cruel ...

The original Alcatraz housed convicted federal prisoners, while the new facility detains individuals under immigration enforcement, often without legal representation. Critics argue that the new ...