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

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

A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks ...

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

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

The island facility has been used as a fort, a military prison, and for housing some of America’s most notorious criminals ...

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

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

The island that once housed some of the country's most notorious names has been a popular tourist draw for decades.

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

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