In the post, Trump said he was directing the DOJ, FBI and Department of Homeland Security to look into rebuilding and ...

To some in this city, turning Alcatraz back into a prison would be a crime. “The Rock” closed 62 years ago, and San Francisco ...

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, ...

Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be coming through ...

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

President Trump says he wants to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison however there are still many hurdles before the island ...

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

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

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

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

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

To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.