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 ...

To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.

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

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

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

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

On a Monday morning visit to Alcatraz, foreign tourists were only slightly less critical of the president's plan to make it a ...

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

The prison off the coast of San Francisco is where the government sent notorious gangsters, such as Al Capone, as well as ...

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...

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