With deep empathy, Emma Sloley's latest novel follows two zookeepers on Alcatraz as they navigate the ethics of survival, ...

Alcatraz zookeepers refuse to give up even as species are dying in Emma Sloley's 'The Island of Last Things,' a resilient ...

A Jamaican man who was being held at Alligator Alcatraz, the detention centre in the Florida Everglades, which houses illegal ...

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

The Trump administration is taking steps toward reopening Alcatraz to house detained immigrants and criminals. The notorious ...

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Three days before gaining independence, Pakistan formally adopted its national flag on 1947. The design, inspired by the ...

Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How did we get here?

On Aug. 11, 1934, the first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island, a former military prison, in San Francisco Bay; the ...

A US federal judge ordered a temporary pause on Thursday to further construction of the migrant detention center in the ...

A spokesperson dismissed the idea previously touted by the president, following a visit to the island by Interior Secretary ...

For several decades, Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay has attracted the public to tour an aging, infamous prison whose inmate roster included Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly. But ...