An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...

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

The island facility has been used as a fort, a military prison, and for housing some of America’s most notorious criminals ...

Washington’s now-abandoned McNeil Island Corrections Center was a federal penitentiary for over 100 years. Could the federal government reopen it?

U.S. President Donald Trump thinks there's a better use for Alcatraz than its current role as one of San Francisco's top ...

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

U.S. President Donald Trump began floating the idea of reopening the Alcatraz prison, but many are speaking out that it's a ...

Charlie Hopkins, one of the last living to have served time in Alcatraz, San Francisco ’s notorious island prison, has ...

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

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

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‘s plan to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary won’t be easy – or cheap. Opening the famed island prison is ...