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

The coyote struggled onto the rocky shore this month. It is the first documented coyote on Alcatraz since the island was transferred to the National Park Service in 1972.

It was a late Sunday afternoon like any other on San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island. The day was winding down, and Aidan Moore, a guest relations employee for Alcatraz City Cruises, was at the dock of ...

“I didn’t believe them to start with,” Moore, who has been working on the island for the past two and a half years, told SFGATE over the phone. But the guest insisted they had the video to prove it.

A state-run immigration detention center, Alligator Alcatraz, has been operating in Big Cypress National Preserve for six months. The facility is managed by the Florida Division of Emergency ...

Juan Carlos Chavez is the immigration reporter, covering immigration, diverse communities and the intersection with politics. He can be reached at [email protected]. Anyone can view a sampling of ...

KPFA brings you the Annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sunrise Gathering live from Alcatraz Island — a powerful celebration of resistance, remembrance, and renewal. Organized by the International Indian ...

Today on the show: We speak with Andrea Carmen, the Executive Director of the International Indian Treaty Council: We talk about Alcatraz we head toward Indigenous Peoples Day. And we get an update ...

President Donald Trump has directed federal officials to turn Alcatraz back into an active federal prison, but San Francisco’s youngsters have their own ideas for the island’s future. Spoiler ...

At 92 years old, Bill Baker has lived a long life — but he often speaks only about a small portion of it from more than 70 years ago. “I'm good at answering questions,” he said. “That's what I do, and ...