Alcatraz closed in 1963 because it was too costly to operate — three times more costly than any other federal prison. It's not coming back.

Escape from Alcatraz,” “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” are among the most memorable films set on Bay Area islands.

Even if Alcatraz, which was built to hold somewhat more than 300 inmates, is resurrected and expanded, it’ll hold only a ...

The last living Alcatraz inmate has pleaded with Donald Trump not to reopen America’s most notorious prison. Knewz.com can ...

On the night of June 11, 1962, Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin, locked up for theft and sent to ‘The Rock’ ...

Trump has voiced plans to reopen and enlarge the notorious prison, Alcatraz. Will it actually happen? Here's what to know.

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

"We thought this might be our last chance." Trump recently issued the stunning directive to the Federal Bureau of Prisons to "REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!" Even though the Bureau of Prisons has been ...

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

Take a look a the most infamous inmates at Alcatraz as President Donald Trump is looking to reopen the prison off the coast ...

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

President Donald Trump said in a post to Truth Social on Sunday that he is ordering the Bureau of Prisons to reopen and ...