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

The sprawling site is in disrepair, with peeling paint and rusting locks and cell bars. Signs reading “Area closed for your ...

Bill Baker was only 23 when he was handcuffed, shackled, and thrown on the back of a boat headed for Alcatraz, the infamous ...

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.” ...

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

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

President Trump directed his administration to reopen the notorious Alcatraz prison in San Francisco, to house America's most ...

Legal experts told Fox News on Monday that President Trump could "absolutely" reopen Alcatraz off the California coast but ...

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 ...

President Trump announced plans to reopen the infamous Alcatraz maximum security prison. Why was it closed in the first place ...