The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has announced the resumption of normal operations and ...

The Standish Maximum Correctional Facility is a 604-bed prison sitting on roughly 118 acres about 27 miles north of Bay City. Standish Max was built in 1990 and then shuttered in 2009 amid budget ...

President Donald Trump says he wants Alcatraz to be returned to use as a maximum-security prison. ... 22 acres in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. ... defined as 'pelican' or ...

President Donald Trump says he wants Alcatraz to be returned to use as a maximum-security prison. ... 22 acres in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. ... defined as 'pelican' or ...

President Donald Trump says he wants Alcatraz to be returned to use as a maximum-security prison. Here's what to know about the infamous prison.

The punishment was severe: He was sent to a special supermax unit at the state’s highest-security prison, Pelican Bay. The facility was designed to isolate men deemed the “worst of the worst.” ...

Now, prisoners in high-security areas will have less freedom and will be more closely monitored. Advertisement The Salinas prison is one of 11 affected by the changes.

In its Security Housing Unit, prisoners were allowed just 90 minutes of sunlight a day. Long stretches of solitary confinement were the norm. Today, Pelican Bay State Prison wants to be a model again.

Evers proposes closing 127-year-old Green Bay prison in $500M corrections reform plan. ... be converted from a maximum security prison to a medium security center focused on vocational training.