The problems at the Bureau of Prisons transcend administrations and facilities. With San Francisco in the background, Alcatraz Island is pictured on Monday, May 5, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay ...

A former federal inmate who was pardoned by President Donald Trump in his first term for drug trafficking crimes more than two decades ago has been tapped as deputy director of the federal Bureau ...

President Trump is counting on the federal Bureau of Prisons to fulfill his vision of rebooting Alcatraz.

Federal prisons fall short of standards on screening, treatment for colon cancer The report recommended the prisons establish a regular screening process and emphasize participation, which the ...

Trump Directs Federal Bureau of Prisons to ‘Reopen a Substantially Enlarged and Rebuilt Alcatraz’ ...

Meanwhile, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Alcatraz, the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, has sat idle for more than a year after the Bureau of Prisons cleared it of ...

Even as the Bureau of Prisons struggles with short staffing, chronic violence and crumbling infrastructure, Trump is counting on the agency to fulfill his vision of rebooting Alcatraz.

The Bureau of Prisons already struggles with short staffing, chronic violence and crumbling infrastructure.

Nation & World News The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them Published: May. 05, 2025, 10:50 p.m.