At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning ...

Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

President Trump has directed the reopening of Alcatraz, the infamous former prison, sparking curiosity about its history.

A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks ...

Washington’s now-abandoned McNeil Island Corrections Center was a federal penitentiary for over 100 years. Could the federal ...

The name Alcatraz still elicits thoughts about the shady characters kept in isolating (and poor) conditions that made the ...

President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive ...

Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...

Trump announces plans to revive Alcatraz as a federal prison. Explore the infamous facility's history of escape attempts and ...

What some might not know about Alcatraz Island is that it was not just home to criminals; about 60 families of staff members ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...