Alcatraz federal prison closed its doors and moved the remaining inmates to more modern facilities. Today, Alcatraz is one of San Francisco’s top tourist attractions. But now President Trump wants to ...

President Trump's recent announcement regarding the potential reopening of Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary has ignited a ...

President Donald Trump directed multiple agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Prisons, to rebuild the Alcatraz Island federal prison. The infamous jail would be used “to house America’s most ...

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

President Trump directs federal agencies to reopen Alcatraz prison for violent offenders. The historic island facility faces significant renovation challenges after six decades as a tourist ...

Trump has voiced plans to reopen and enlarge the notorious prison, Alcatraz. Will it actually happen? Here's what to know.

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

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

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

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

President Trump’s local PBS affiliate aired the 1979 thriller ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ before he took to social media to insist ...

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