At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

The eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is grappling with the tragic aftermath of a flood that has claimed ...

Trump’s first-term rule—“Most Favored Nation”—was focused on lowering the cost of Medicare payments on certain drugs, but it ...

As President Donald Trump called for the reopening of Alcatraz in a Sunday evening Truth Social post, many Americans were reminded of the notorious prison off the coast of San Francisco ...

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats. On June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and ...

A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on May 4 in San Francisco. (Noah Berger/AP) Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be ...

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal ...