Southport killer Axel Rudakubana, 18, allegedly used a kettle in his cell to heat water up before pouring it over a prison ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday in his first public appearance after his release from the Belmarsh maximum security prison in the United Kingdom in late June that he was “free ...

At Macquarie Correctional Centre in western New South Wales, a story of collaboration and persistence is unfolding. Inmates ...

Inmates and prison officers are farming commercial quantities of fresh food in a purpose-built indoor facility. One of the 400 male offenders in maximum security at Macquarie contacted me with the ...

President Donald Trump says he wants Alcatraz to be returned to use as a maximum-security prison. Here's what to know about ...

The project would be extraordinarily expensive at a time when the administration already plans to cut billions of dollars ...

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...

History shows us that the island operating as a prison had been too costly. The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary officially closed more than 62 years ago. The maximum-security, minimum-privilege ...

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he wanted Alcatraz to be returned to use as a maximum-security prison even though it has been closed for more than 60 years. Its outsized place in the ...