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

In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests ...

The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.

A proposal by President Trump to reopen Alcatraz as a prison is getting a lot of attention and reaction from tourists, Bay ...

A day after President Trump said he wants to reopen the nearly century-old prison as a symbol of law and order, tourists roaming the decayed historic grounds struggled to grasp the logic.

Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to make the facility operational again.

The prison -- infamously inescapable due to the strong ocean currents and cold Pacific waters that surround it -- was known ...

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

President Donald Trump announced yesterday (Sunday) he is directing federal authorities to reopen the famous prison at ...

Trump announces plans to revive Alcatraz as a federal prison. Explore the infamous facility's history of escape attempts and ...

President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San ...

The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.