The penitentiary officially closed on March 21, 1963, after being in operation for nearly three decades.

The notorious prison island in Co Cork once held over 2,300 inmates in brutal conditions and is now open for tours ...

Residents express concerns over the museum’s new industrial park location and modern design, fearing it strays from Botetourt’s architectural heritage. Read full article: Botetourt History Museum’s ...

Former detainees testified in Fort Myers about life inside Alligator Alcatraz, describing restraints, limited phone access ...

In August 1934, the first group of inmates arrived at Alcatraz, the maximum-security prison perched on a small island in San Francisco Bay. The Big House on the Bay was the ultimate destination for ...

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands and then segregated based on their ...

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands and then segregated based on their ...

FILE - President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and others, tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training ...

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands and then segregated based on their ...

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “ Alligator Alcatraz ” are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands, then segregated based on their criminal ...