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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...

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

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

Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, James "Whitey" Bulger, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz" all served time at the ...

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