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

On a Monday morning visit to Alcatraz, foreign tourists were only slightly less critical of the president's plan to make it a ...

The president’s suggestion to reopen the island prison-turned-museum just serves to move attention away from the issues that ...

The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.

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

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

President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San ...

President Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz Island as a federal prison raises more questions than answers for a beloved San ...

Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...

The prison -- infamously inescapable due to the strong ocean currents and cold Pacific waters that surround it -- was known ...

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

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