Alcatraz Island, simply known as Alcatraz, was once America’s most secure federal prison. The now-abandoned federal prison attracts about 1.6 million visitors every year for tours, bringing in an ...

Hundreds of people who were once detained at the troubled immigration jail in the Florida Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” have disappeared. Democracy Now! speaks with Shirsho Dasgupta, a ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi visited Alcatraz on July 17, the infamous federal prison island in the San Francisco Bay that President Donald Trump has said he wants to reopen to house the country's "most ...

Two brothers detained at Alligator Alcatraz, including a Mexican citizen vacationing in Orlando on a valid tourist visa, are now back home in Mexico City, their father said at a press conference ...

For several decades, Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay has attracted the public to tour an aging, infamous prison whose inmate roster included Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly. But ...

The migrant detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” can remain open, an appellate court ruled Thursday, pausing a lower court’s order to cease operations and scoring a win for President ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island on Thursday to advance a proposal to reopen the former federal prison. Bondi and Burgum left the island after ...

A day-long hearing on Wednesday will continue for two more days. An eight-hour hearing on environmentalists' concerns over the Florida migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" ended ...

This summer, attorneys working with detainees at the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail noticed a pattern: They would schedule in-person or video conference visits with clients who were stuck in ...

Environmental advocates and protesters at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on Tamiami Trail E, Ochopee, Fla., on Saturday, June 28, 2025, object to the construction of a detention ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Federal Judge Kathleen Williams, from South Florida, has halted any type of construction at Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades. This means any kind of paving, filling, or ...