The public needs clear, accurate language. The stakes are too high for us to play along with the Trump administration’s ...

Newsweek spoke with the attorney of a detainee and the friend of another. Both described harrowing conditions at the remote ...

“Alligator Alcatraz” is the insulting name Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has given the inhumane detention center he has erected ...

The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.

Nazi comparisons surge in response to aggressive immigrant detention and enforcement policies, as do rebukes that such ...

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 ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to convert Alcatraz back into a maximum-security prison could cost roughly $2 billion, ...

A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future The maximum-security, minimum-privilege prison operated for nearly 30 years but shut down because it cost three ...

The following is a timeline of Alcatraz history, with information provided by the park service. 1853 — U.S. military begins construction of a fort on Alcatraz Island to defend San Francisco Bay.

A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future The maximum-security, minimum-privilege prison operated for nearly 30 years but shut down because it cost three ...