On July 1, our governor and our president dedicated an ICE detention center in Collier County with the name "Alcatraz." Here's a breakdown of how Alcatraz operated as a federal prison from 1934 to ...
Juan Palma is a 48-year-old man who’s been at the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center for almost 15 days now. "I feel like my life is in danger," he said. Because he’s Cuban – and the ...
Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged after ...
Hundreds of people who were once detained at the troubled immigration jail in the Florida Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” have disappeared. Democracy Now! speaks with Shirsho Dasgupta, a ...
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 ...
The maximum-security, minimum-privilege prison operated for nearly 30 years but shut down because it cost three times more to run Alcatraz than other federal prisons NBC Universal, Inc. Alcatraz ...
The original Alcatraz housed convicted federal prisoners, while the new facility detains individuals under immigration enforcement, often without legal representation. Critics argue that the new ...