Within Prison Walls was a wild success, and for a short period it made Osborne the most prominent penal reformer in the ...

Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay combines stark concrete cellblocks, a historic lighthouse and steep rocky slopes, ...

The immigration detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" closed in late June after operating for almost a year. The next month, officials removed the bright blue sign and replaced it with signage ...

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 ...

Miami-Dade County has regained control of the land where the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility was located. The county is assessing environmental damage and expects the state of Florida to pay for ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) One aspect of the South Florida facility has drawn far less attention, though: the ...

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 ...

Over the race’s nearly four-decade history, more than $100,000 has been raised for local organizations, scholarships and nonprofits. What began in 1987 as a warm-up for Pittsburgh’s Great Race has gro ...

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 ...