At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning ...

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

Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...

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

US President Donald Trump has said he had directed officials to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz prison, the notorious federal ...

Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to make the facility operational again.

President Trump says the famous island prison off San Francisco is to be reopened to house "ruthless and violent" offenders.

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

Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...

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

Washington’s now-abandoned McNeil Island Corrections Center was a federal penitentiary for over 100 years. Could the federal ...