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

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

A former inmate of Alcatraz who once swept the floors of America's most infamous prison is brushing aside Donald Trump's bombshell plan to bring the facility back to life. Charlie Hopkins ...

Alcatraz is marooned on an island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, and housed more than 1,500 prisoners in the 30 years it ...

As it goes for so many real estate developers here, President Donald Trump’s dreams of building in California could get ...

More than six decades after its closure, Alcatraz could be reopened and expanded as a high-security prison for violent ...

Five people are believed to have escaped Alcatraz, though whether their attempts were actually successful is still up for ...

President Donald Trump has vowed to 'rebuild and open Alcatraz' as he seeks to crack down on violent criminals and illegal ...

Within hours of the escape, investigators scoured the waters around Alcatraz. State police were put on alert. The Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers contributed boats and a helicopter ...

In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests ...