Construction of a immigrant detention center in the Everglades could be halted indefinitely as a federal judge considers ...

Some "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees are among the more than half a million recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA.

Likely the most popular abandoned prison in the U.S., Alcatraz Island, located in San Francisco Bay, is best-known for its time as a maximum-security federal penitentiary. It housed some of America’s ...

Three days before gaining independence, Pakistan formally adopted its national flag on 1947. The design, inspired by the ...

Newly-obtained court documents reveal new details into the operations inside Alligator Alcatraz, the country’s first state-run migrant detention facility.

Homeland Security says a detainee fainted. But other accounts say the man was unconscious. One witness said the guards did ...

Once known as the bloodiest prison in the country, Angola is a maximum security facility with a dark history—and a popular prison rodeo.

One agreement submitted in federal court was amended on Wednesday and applied retroactively to cover the six weeks the facility has been open.

Construction at "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida's new immigrant detention center, has been halted while a judge hears arguments on environmental impacts.