Two federal officials traveled to California to visit the shuttered Alcatraz prison, part of a plan to soon announce the ...

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said the effort to reopen the dilapidated former prison is a "diversionary tactic." ...

With the rhythmic pounding of taiko drums echoing through Don Biddle Community Park, a large group of Japanese Americans and ...

Some of the objections to the facility are that it's located in an alligator and snake-infested swamp. I've also read that some have complained about the Florida heat. Though any facility in Florida ...

I make my way to the cell house and here, too, see examples of life finding a way on this otherwise desolate outpost. Alcatraz began its career as a military outpost during the Gold Rush, only for ...