Correctional specialists at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth thwarted an attempted prison break in late April.

FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS — Army Corrections Brigade soldiers and employees assembled for a prayer luncheon to observe ...

A troubled private prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, was shut down in 2021. Now, that facility and other prisons closed because of serious problems are set to reopen as migrant detention centers.

It's difficult to think of Alcatraz and not hear Sean Connery's accented voice proclaiming, "Welcome to the Rock!," but there ...

As the Trump administration ponders reopening of the notorious island prison, we ponder the Jewish ghosts who haunt it.

In 1946, a violent but failed escape attempt — set off with guns and riot clubs that a group of cons managed to obtain — led ...

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

Yet the fact that the service is currently streaming the three best-known movies about the old San Franscisco island prison ...

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...

President Donald Trump announced a plan to renovate and reopen Alcatraz as a prison for "the most dangerous criminals" in the ...

President Donald Trump announced a plan to renovate and reopen Alcatraz as a prison for "the most dangerous criminals" in the ...

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