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

President Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz Island as a federal prison raises more questions than answers for a beloved San Francisco attraction. The big picture: Alcatraz housed prisoners, including ...

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

At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

President Donald Trump said he's directing federal agencies to reopen the federal prison at Alcatraz, which closed in 1963 ...

The last-known living inmate to serve time in Alcatraz has revealed what haunted him most about being locked up on the ...

“The birds can go in and out. And they chose to come there.” ...

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

Another ‍prominent ‍Jewish ‍prisoner ‍at ‍Alcatraz ‍was ‍Meyer ‍Harris ‍“Mickey” ‍Cohen, ‍whose ‍parents ‍had ‍immigrated ‍to ...

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

The notion that the island prison is truly escape-proof ... citing a story in the San Francisco Chronicle. Alcatraz was shuttered for good the following year, remaining dormant until the National ...