Alcatraz Reaches Major Milestone
SAN FRANCISCO — A major anniversary is approaching for the former infamous Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
March 21, 2013 marks 50 years since the prison’s closure. Almost 10 years later, the National Park Service (NPS) became the stewards of the island and are holding a special event to mark the prison’s anniversary.




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WASHINGTON — Failure by the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections to comply with 25 years of court orders has prompted the U.S. Department of Justice to file a motion in U.S. District Court to take over the operations of a prison there.