Meanwhile, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Alcatraz, the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, has sat idle for more than a year after the Bureau of Prisons cleared it of ...

A judge says the federal Bureau of Prisons must keep providing hormone therapy to hundreds of transgender inmates following ...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons says it has started to give the coronavirus vaccine to some high-risk inmates but wont say how many inmates have been vaccinated or how it selects those to receive ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them Skyrocketing repair and supply costs compelled the Justice Department to close the prison in 1963.

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal ...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons Has Lots of Problems. Reopening Alcatraz Is Now One of Them Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them. Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. Credit: AP/Noah Berger.

Even as the Bureau of Prisons struggles with short staffing, chronic violence and crumbling infrastructure at its current facilities, Trump is counting on the agency to fulfill his vision of ...