The prison on Alcatraz Island wasn't called 'The Rock' for nothing. (National Park Service) When I teach the Civil War, I frequently encounter surprised faces when students learn that California, so ...

Constitutionally guaranteed rights to consult an attorney can make a huge difference in whether someone gets deported.

Environmental groups in Florida will get a hearing in federal court this week over whether the ICE facility dubbed Alligator ...

About Alcatraz prison, located on the island of the same name in San Francisco Bay, California, there is as much reality as ...

The US president's plea for the funding to rebuild the jail, which closed in 1963, appeared in a White House budget proposal ...

President Trump is after $152m (£115m) from the proposed US budget for the 2027 financial year to cover the costs of Alcatraz ...

US President Donald Trump asked Congress on Friday for $152 million to begin rebuilding the notorious Alcatraz prison, ...

The president's new budget requests funding from Congress to convert the historic site into a working "state-of-the-art" ...

Trump wants $152M to plan reopening Alcatraz as a modern federal prison, raising questions about cost, feasibility and the ...

The president requested $152 million be allocated to the Bureau of Prisons to help cover the first year costs associated with ...

President Donald Trump wants to reopen San Francisco's infamous Alcatraz Island as a modern federal prison and is requesting ...

A 17-year-old girl attempted to escape a juvenile detention center in Tippecanoe County on Tuesday evening. The teen pulled a fire alarm as a distraction and bodychecked a probation officer during the ...