Despite President Donald Trump's administration confirming that a plan to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz is already underway, ...

President Donald Trump announced that he intends to resurrect the infamous Alcatraz facility, located on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, as a modern maximum-security prison. The announcement ...

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

Many California officials responded with a range of ridicule and concern about reopening the nearly century-old prison. State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, called it “unhinged.” ...

US President Donald Trump has said he would like to see Alcatraz Island return to its former role as a high-security prison, ...

In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests inspired by projects in the magazine.

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

Charlie Hopkins, one of the last living to have served time in Alcatraz, San Francisco ’s notorious island prison, has ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

The Trump administration's latest publicly-fought battles come as he pushes for steep film tariffs and the reopening of one ...

Alcatraz is in San Francisco Bay off the coast of San Francisco and visible from the Golden Gate Bridge. It is best known for ...

President Trump directs reopening of Alcatraz to house most dangerous criminals. The place once known as 'The Rock' could ...