Take a look a the most infamous inmates at Alcatraz as President Donald Trump is looking to reopen the prison off the coast ...

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...

To some in this city, turning Alcatraz back into a prison would be a crime. “The Rock” closed 62 years ago, and San Francisco ...

Donald Trump plans to revive Alcatraz, the infamous island prison, to house America's most dangerous criminals. Closed since ...

Located on a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was as much a psychological prison as it was a ...

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

He served 11 years in jail – three of which were spent at Alcatraz, where he was known as Inmate #1186 – before reforming and finding work as a carpet fitter and then as a hospital security guard.

As Trump was ordering Alcatraz’s reopening Sunday, correctional officers at the same Miami jail were fighting to curb the spread of tuberculosis and COVID-19, isolating inmates after they tested ...

the notorious penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay that last held inmates more than 60 years ago. Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay ...