Operating Alcatraz proved to be significantly more expensive than other federal prisons. In 1959, the daily per capita cost at Alcatraz was $10.10, compared with $3.00 at the U.S. Penitentiary in ...

Gavin Newsom recently launched a state campaign to entice Canadian tourists to continue coming to California in the face of Trump’s tariffs and his threats to annex it as the U.S.’s so-called ...

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island that has been closed for more than 60 year… ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024 in New York City. He was convicted and is due to be sentenced ...

Steve Bannon, former top adviser to Donald Trump, speaks with the media as he arrives to report to prison at the U.S. federal correctional institution in Danbury, Conn., July 1, 2024. Eduardo ...

Felons convicted of other offenses in the state after May 18, 1981, can obtain a “certificate of restoration” from prison authorities or the Board of Probation and Parole, if they meet certain ...