The powerful prison syndicate known as the Aryan Brotherhood has moved to expand its reach, testimony and court records show, ...

President Donald Trump says he wants Alcatraz to be returned to use as a maximum-security prison. Here's what to know about ...

The death of an L.A. County inmate marks the 13th suspected homicide in state prisons this year as violence surges despite a ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

Cal Poly Humboldt currently offers a bachelor’s degree in communications at Pelican Bay State Prison. The presenters will discuss what it is like to teach university level courses to students at ...

Its outsized place in the public's imagination aside, the island on which the prison was built is only 22 acres in the middle of the San Francisco Bay ... defined as 'pelican' or 'strange bird.'" ...