Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration has already signed at least $245 million in state contracts to set up and run the ...

After floating the idea of reopening a shuttered federal prison on Alcatraz Island, President Donald Trump tasked two of his ...

Columnist Bill Press tells the Hill he misses the days when Democrats and Republicans were party adversaries, but not enemies ...

Donald Trump’s plan to restore Alcatraz as a maximum security federal prison is a costly and unnecessary idea that has been supported by his loyalists, Pam Bondi and Doug Burgum, despite the ...

And when it comes to the facility, his story is similar to others: Palma described the detention center as "torturous" with ...

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Alcatraz was first used as a jail during the American Civil War. It later became a federal penitentiary in 1934, closing less than 30 years later.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum are in California Thursday making a visit to the notorious ...

The group has received reports this week that detainees from the island have been sent to the Florida facility and allege "rights violations and dehumanizing treatment" there.

U.S. President Donald Trump proposed converting Alcatraz back into a maximum-security prison, potentially costing $2 billion.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s staff expressed skepticism about reopening Alcatraz as a federal prison following Pam Bondi’s visit to ...