Environmental groups' request that a federal court shutter the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center was paused Wednesday because of the government shutdown.

Everglades detention facility "Planned in secret, built in secret, and has been operated in secret." Now, a suit challenging its legality has stalled ...

Alcatraz Island reopened to visitors on Friday after more than two days of closures during the federal government shutdown, but some tourists and the businesses that rely on them continued to be ...

Two other lawsuits challenging operations at the Everglades detention center are proceeding in federal court in Florida.

The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, a nonprofit that supports the National Park Service and the Presidio Trust, confirmed that Alcatraz and several other sites within the Golden Gate National ...

Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged after ...