Trump announces plans to revive Alcatraz as a federal prison. Explore the infamous facility's history of escape attempts and ...

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

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

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he wanted Alcatraz to be returned to use as a maximum-security prison even though it has been closed for more than 60 years. Its outsized place in the ...

California's notorious and historic island prison off the coast of San Francisco ... the conditions — such as having one man per cell — at Alcatraz compared to other federal prisons.

Alcatraz, a 22-acre (8.9 hectare) islet with views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco skyline, was once the crown jewel of the federal prison system ... a holding cell during a ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would order the government to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz ... allowed to conduct his studies in his cell, prison authorities later found that equipment ...

Redecorating the suites would keep [Trump] occupied for years, and it'd keep him out of our hair,' writes a Times reader. 'I'm all for it, as long as he's not allowed to leave.' ...