Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

"For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society," President ...

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

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

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

Let's reserve one unit for the most notorious of criminals: a man capable of high crimes, violations of the United States ...

Around 1910, Alcatraz was being used to house military prisoners, who built the island's iconic three-story cell house that ...

William Baker, 91, is believed to be one of the last living inmates of Alcatraz. He has harrowing tales to tell, including about the time he tried to escape.

People tour the main cell house on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, March 15, 2021, as the historic island prison was reopened to visitors after being closed since Dec. 2020, because of the ...

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

President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive ...

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