Alcatraz, America's most feared prison, officially shut on 21 March 1963, bringing an end to nearly three decades of housing ...

On the night of June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin – launched one of the ...

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

One of Alcatraz’s last living inmates speaks out on Trump’s plan to reopen prison - Charlie Hopkins believes president is not ...

President Trump’s local PBS affiliate aired the 1979 thriller ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ before he took to social media to insist ...

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

As the Trump administration ponders reopening of the notorious island prison, we ponder the Jewish ghosts who haunt it.

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

In 1946, a violent but failed escape attempt — set off with guns and riot clubs that a group of cons managed to obtain — led ...

In a gesture of fraternal solidarity, Prime Minister Albo offers to relocate Trump to Christmas Island, citing Australia’s experience in politically convenient isolation. Sadly, negotiations stall ...

Alcatraz was disbanded in 1963 after it was deemed too expensive to run, however, President Donald Trump has plans to re-open ...

On social media, Trump said that he was directing federal agencies to "reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, ...