This week marked the 40th anniversary of one of the worst tragedies in Philadelphia’s history. In May 1985, the city’s police ...

Ten men made a dramatic escape from a New Orleans prison on Friday after mocking their jailers for it being easy to get out.

Three of the escapees have since been recaptured - Dkenan Dennis, Robert Moody and Kendell Myles, while convicted double ...

Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon has opened up about his experience of prison, saying illicit drug use was widespread, contraband was delivered by drone, and a sense of hopelessness pervaded inmates.

These characters had their own motives for betraying the World Government and are largely no longer affiliated with it.

One of the most consistently popular characters is the mostly gag character, Buggy the Clown. Despite once serving on the ...

President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was converted into a U.S. tourist destination because it had become too ...

President Trump says he is ordering federal agencies to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz — the notorious maximum security prison that closed ... safety and also crack down on unlawful immigration.

San Francisco visitors said turning Alcatra back into a federal prison is a nonsensical and costly idea. President Trump on Sunday said he wanted to turn Alcatraz into a home for "America's most ...

The island prison shut down more than 60 years ago, and now President Trump says he wants to reopen it to house what he calls the nation's most violent and ruthless offenders. As NPR's Scott ...