U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber said the Federal Bureau of Prisons reversed a decision by the Biden Administration that would have closed the facility.

President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to operate.

The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General found widespread abuse of shackles in federal prisons. One prisoner was held in restraints so tight that he had to have a limb amputated.

Visitations at many of Arizona's prisons are closed, while other limitations are in place due to an uptick in inmate violence at several locations.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 137 into law, giving the state the power to prevent federal immigration ...

A Justice Department investigation continues into a California women’s prison that came to be called the “rape club,” in connection with what federal officials have characterized as a culture of ...

President Trump announced plans to reopen the infamous Alcatraz maximum security prison. Why was it closed in the first place?

The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them Skyrocketing repair and supply costs compelled the Justice Department to close the prison in 1963 ...

President Trump said Sunday that he was ordering the FBI to reopen Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison on an island off San Francisco that closed in 1963.

President Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison in San Francisco. How much did it cost to operate? Why did it close? Its history.

President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to operate.