Noem Deflects "Alligator Alcatraz" Criticism with Historical Context Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem turned the tables on NBC host Kristen Welker on Sunday’s “Meet the ...

President Donald Trump is calling for the notorious prison and now historical landmark, Alcatraz, in San Francisco, California, to be rebuilt larger and reopened to house the country’s most ...

When Alcatraz opened in 1934, Rabbi Rudolph Coffee, a pioneering chaplain in California’s prison system, ensured that seven Jewish inmates were permitted to observe Passover and the High Holidays.

In 1933 the US military turned Alcatraz over to the Department of Justice, beginning the island’s nearly three decades as a federal prison. With its isolated location and barebones amenities ...

“I may have context for this! Last night WPBT in Palm Beach broadcast the 1979 Clint Eastwood film ‘Escape from Alcatraz,’” they wrote . Trump was in Palm Beach on the night in question.

President Trump said he directed the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Justice Department, FBI and Homeland Security to reopen and expand the historical prison. Photos: Fred Greaves/Reuters ...

The Everglades hosts ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ a tent-based immigrant facility near Miami. Located on federal land, it stirs environmental and cultural concerns.

Florida begins construction of 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility; Facility to house up to 5,000 migrants, costing $450 million annually; DHS to use FEMA funds to cover detention center costs ...

Protesters gathered outside "Alligator Alcatraz" this weekend in the Everglades 02:07. A controversial immigration detention center being constructed in the Everglades is just days away from opening.