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

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

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

The prison off the coast of San Francisco is where the government sent notorious gangsters Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" ...

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

Alcatraz, America's most feared prison, officially shut on 21 March 1963, bringing an end to nearly three decades of housing ...

President Trump has directed the reopening of Alcatraz, the infamous former prison, sparking curiosity about its history.

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

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

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

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

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