Robert Stroud, known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, started studying birds while in prison in Leavenworth, Kansas.

As the Trump administration moves to quickly expand immigration detention space, a series of standoffs have emerged between ...

Gallows built to exactly replicate the original are now part of what visitors can see at the former Kansas State Penitentiary ...

The most infamous inmate of Alcatraz was Al Capone, the Chicago mob boss who was nicknamed Scarface over the scars on his ...

The Trump administration’s promised deportations have private prison operator CoreCivic moving ... immigrant rights advocates are pushing back. LEAVENWORTH, Kansas — Nestled into the crook ...

Alcatraz closed in 1963 because it was too costly to operate — three times more costly than any other federal prison. It's not coming back.

In Chase County, more than 80% of detainees are immigrants held under a revenue-driven ICE contract, reflecting deep ...

President Donald Trump proposes rebuilding and reopening Alcatraz prison, a former maximum-security facility off the coast of San Francisco.

Memories of preventable overdoses, suicides, stabbings, medical neglect and overcrowded cells still ... at the Leavenworth Detention Center owned by CoreCivic. Private prison companies are ...