The members of Congress say they were turned away when they tried to inspect buildings where people were detained in ...

A New York City jail barge in the Bronx is set to be removed to make room for a marine terminal, creating a new spot for ships to unload cargo.

President Trump recently floated the idea of reopening San Francisco’s Alcatraz federal penitentiary ... Although other U.S. island prisons like Rikers Island and Terminal Island remain ...

And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons to “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” — the notorious penitentiary on an island in San ...