Tourists expecting prison lore at Alcatraz instead got a wildlife mystery: a lone coyote churning through San Francisco Bay ...

It is hailed as America's greatest prison break. In June 1962, three inmates at Alcatraz fooled guards with papier-mâché heads, carved tunnels with spoons, stitched together a raft from raincoats and ...

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Former detainees at Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are set to testify about conditions at the immigration detention center in ...

Former detainees and their immigration attorneys argue that their constitutional rights are being violated by state and ...

The Florida agency in charge of “Alligator Alcatraz” must release all communications about how the center was set up and run.

Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. As all good Bay Area history nerds know, Alcatraz Prison ...

A video taken by a tourist shows the first documented instance of a coyote swimming to Alcatraz, scientists say. It came ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Three months after the federal government approved Florida for more than $608 million in reimbursement for running "Alligator Alcatraz," the state still hasn't received any ...

Environmental groups argue the state and federal governments illegally bypassed environmental laws. The state and federal governments initially denied federal funding was involved in the project.

A federal judge certified a class action lawsuit for incarcerated men at Louisiana State Penitentiary. The lawsuit alleges that forced farm labor conditions are unconstitutional and violate the ...