Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is closed, but much about it remains unresolved. There are lawsuits over ...

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 ...

Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary officially closed on March 21, 1963, after 29 years of operation. It remains one of the most famous prisons in the world and has become one of the most popular National ...

Alcatraz Island in San Francisco hosts Living History Day on 3 October 2026, bringing Civil War re-enactors, guided walks and ...

The Florida immigration detention center known as"Alligator Alcatraz" has shut down nearly a year after it was built in the Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday. DeSantis said the center was ...

One aspect of the South Florida facility has drawn far less attention, though: the name itself, and the long history of associating alligators with racist ideas about people of color. I’m a historian ...

The migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is closed, but much about it remains unresolved. There are lawsuits over detainees’ treatment, environmental claims over damage to protected ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Mark V. Barrow, Jr. is a Professor of History at Virginia ...