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

The last known living inmate to serve time in the infamous Alcatraz prison reveals what haunted him most about being locked up on the island as President Trump flirts with the idea of reopening ...

While the Civil War was never fought in California, the state nevertheless played a major role in generating pro-Union ...

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

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

Charlie Hopkins was imprisoned in Alcatraz in the 1950s, where he spent three "lonely" years.

President Donald Trump said in a post to Truth Social on Sunday that he is ordering the Bureau of Prisons to reopen and expand the famed Alcatraz Island prison, which lies off the coast of San ...

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

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

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

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

President Trump directs reopening of Alcatraz to house most dangerous criminals. The place once known as 'The Rock' could ...