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

As a young girl she grew up on the infamous prison island - known as ‘The Rock’ - in San Francisco Bay where her father ...

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 ...

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Steven Miller revealed why President Donald Trump decided to reopen the famous Alcatraz ...

Donald Trump announced he would direct the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI and Homeland ...

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) poked fun at President Donald Trump's recent suggestion to reopen Alcatraz, pointing out that it ...

He claims that ‘for too long America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat criminal offenders’.Donald Trump has ...

But only three inmates - brothers John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris - successfully escaped before vanishing without a ...

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

US President Donald Trump has announced that he has instructed officials to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the infamous federal ...