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

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

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

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

as well as contact information for a San Francisco attorney who had defended Alcatraz inmates in the past, the files say. The attorney told the FBI he never heard from Morris or the Anglins.

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

As President Donald Trump's administration takes its first steps to open the infamous Alcatraz, California politicians Mayor ...

President Trump said Sunday that he was ordering the FBI to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison on ...

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

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

When Alcatraz closed in 1963, it was in such bad shape that the federal government ruled it would be more cost effective to ...

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