Meanwhile, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Alcatraz, the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, has sat idle for more than a year after the Bureau of Prisons cleared it of ...

A former federal inmate who was pardoned by President Donald Trump in his first term for drug trafficking crimes more than two decades ago has been tapped as deputy director of the federal Bureau ...

Even as the Bureau of Prisons struggles with short staffing, chronic violence and crumbling infrastructure, Trump is counting on the agency to fulfill his vision of rebooting Alcatraz.

The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them A visitor looks at the warden's house at Alcatraz Island on Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco.

The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months.