Alligator Alcatraz is the brainchild of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, one of Gov. Ron DeSantis' most valuable ...

Florida’s recently appointed attorney general, James Uthmeier, announced that he had a pretty snazzy idea: Build the state’s ...

From military defenses to a federal prison, Alcatraz’s history is full of twists and harsh realities. Learn how this isolated ...

Mr. Chiaramonte was an investigative reporter and producer at Fox News, a correspondent for the New York Post, and a news ...

This image shows Alcatraz Island when it was a military prison, circa 1900. Courtesy of the National Park Service. On May 28, 1875, a Modoc man from Southern Oregon died at Alcatraz.

Donald Trump expressed interest in reopening Alcatraz prison to house hardened criminals. Alvin Karpis, raised in Topeka, was designated "Public Enemy No. 1" and spent 26 years in Alcatraz.

A prison cell with the effigy of an inmate in bed is displayed during a tour guide of the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, Ca., Monday, May 5, 2025 ...

A prison cell with the effigy of an inmate in bed is displayed during a tour guide of the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, Ca., Monday, May 5, 2025 ...

Editor's note: The little-used airstrip in the Everglades that the state is using to build a detention center for immigrants, ...

On June 11, 1962, three prisoners escaped from the notorious Alcatraz prison, a former US military base located on a small island off the coast of San Francisco.