When Alcatraz closed in 1963, it was in such bad shape that the federal government ruled it would be more cost effective to ...

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

A proposal by President Trump to reopen Alcatraz as a prison is getting a lot of attention and reaction from tourists, Bay Area leaders and even a former Alcatraz inmate. "I think it's one of the ...

As the Trump administration ponders reopening of the notorious island prison, we ponder the Jewish ghosts who haunt it.

President Donald Trump said he wanted to turn Alcatraz Island back into a prison, but experts say the popular tourist site would be nearly impossible to convert.

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

Donald Trump has received pushback over his plans to reopen the notorious Alcatraz prison due to the massive costs.

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

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

The prison on a forbidding island off San Francisco was operated at a prohibitive cost. Now, President Trump says it's time ...

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

President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was ...