In June 1962, three inmates ingeniously escaped Alcatraz by crafting a lifeboat from prison raincoats. The escapees used stolen tools and dummy heads to outsmart guards and navigate to the prison roof ...

With the facility's future in flux, PolitiFact rounded up fact-checks of statements by DeSantis and Trump that miscast its ...

Few genres tap into society’s worst fears and most illicit curiosities more than the prison film. Jails, felons, and the ...

Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial detention center constructed in 2025 in the Florida Everglades, could be on the verge of closing. Officials affiliated with the center notifi ...

The video breaks down the legendary 1962 Alcatraz escape by Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin, the only ...

Justo Betancourt was taken by ICE during what he thought was a regular check in where he would get a date for his next ...

ICE Barbie’s Detainees Held in ‘Inhuman’ CIA-Style Box CRUEL CONFINEMENT Laura Esposito “It’s a copy of Guantánamo,” a Cuban ...

OCHOPEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that the immigration detention center known as “ Alligator Alcatraz ” always was meant to be temporary. His comments came on the same day that ...

A lone coyote that stunned visitors by appearing on Alcatraz Island earlier this year didn’t just take a daring dip, it likely pulled off an even longer, more grueling swim than anyone first believed.

A South Florida man held at the Everglades detention center, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” was transferred to Texas. He says [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] officers then ordered him and the ...

Alcatraz Island, one of the San Francisco area’s most popular tourist attractions, closed abruptly Monday, April 20, 2026, and will remain closed for at least a week. The former prison known for an ...

Freezing cold cells, ‘extreme violence’ and overcrowding are rife in complex that has been compared with Alcatraz ...