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

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

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

To some in this city, turning Alcatraz back into a prison would be a crime. “The Rock” closed 62 years ago, and San Francisco ...

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

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

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

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

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

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

President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again. It comes more than 60 years after the California ...

On a Monday morning visit to Alcatraz, foreign tourists were only slightly less critical of the president's plan to make it a federal penitentiary again than the Democratic pols who run San Francisco.