The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

President Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison in San Francisco. How much did it cost to operate? Why ...

President Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

President Trump announced plans to reopen the infamous Alcatraz maximum security prison. Why was it closed in the first place ...

The facility on Alcatraz Island has been a tourist attraction under the National Parks Service for longer than it operated as ...

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

In its heyday, Alcatraz Island housed more than 260 prisoners, with notorious gangsters such as Al Capone, George "Machine ...

"It's not like he came out and was like, 'Hey, I'm Pope Leo XIV, he/him,'" Colin Jost jokes of the Chicago native ...

The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.

President Trump directed federal officials to open Alcatraz for detainees. It's not the first time the topic has cropped up.

Trump's push to reopen Alcatraz as a maximum-security prison has triggered backlash over the steep financial and logistical ...