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.

President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again. It comes more than 60 years after the California island fortress was shut down as too costly.

Donald Trump's call to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison in the San Francisco Bay has garnered attention since the president posted about it on May 4. The federal prison on Alcatraz Island housed notorious U.

The Virginia Department of Corrections described the incident as a "premeditated stabbing" targeting three corrections officers.

Prison officials in Virginia say five guards have been injured in an attack by inmates who are MS-13 gang members

Three corrections officers at Wallens Ridge State Prison in Wise County, Virginia, were stabbed in a premeditated attack by MS-13 gang members on Friday (May 2). The incident occurred at 9:45 a.m., involving six inmates,