President Trump may want to open up the once-notorious Alcatraz Island prison to again house the “worst of the worst” ...

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

President Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz Island as a federal prison raises more questions than answers for a beloved San Francisco attraction. The big picture: Alcatraz housed prisoners, including ...

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

Several years after federal officials closed Alcatraz as a prison, Native American activists occupied the island for 19 ...

Even if Alcatraz, which was built to hold somewhat more than 300 inmates, is resurrected and expanded, it’ll hold only a ...

“The birds can go in and out. And they chose to come there.” ...

What some might not know about Alcatraz Island is that it was not just home to criminals; about 60 families of staff members lived there as well.

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

Another ‍prominent ‍Jewish ‍prisoner ‍at ‍Alcatraz ‍was ‍Meyer ‍Harris ‍“Mickey” ‍Cohen, ‍whose ‍parents ‍had ‍immigrated ‍to ...

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

The notion that the island prison is truly escape-proof ... citing a story in the San Francisco Chronicle. Alcatraz was shuttered for good the following year, remaining dormant until the National ...