From military defenses to a federal prison, Alcatraz’s history is full of twists and harsh realities. Learn how this isolated ...

President Trump directs federal agencies to reopen Alcatraz prison for violent offenders. The historic island facility faces significant renovation challenges after six decades as a tourist ...

The President said he wants to restore the legendary island prison, which was closed decades ago and converted into a tourist ...

President Donald Trump may want to open up the once-notorious Alcatraz Island prison to again house the “worst of the worst” criminals, but one woman remembers “The Rock” as a wonderful ...

President Trump said Sunday that he was ordering the FBI to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison on an island off of San Francisco that has been closed since 1963.

Daring departure on this day in 1962 still has mysterious conclusion. The island made an easy transition to tourist stop.

President Donald Trump is looking to reopen Alcatraz Island, which once housed 19 Hopi men who didn’t want their children ...

The last-known living inmate to serve time in Alcatraz has revealed what haunted him most about being locked up on the notorious island prison that President Trump plans to reopen. Charlie Hopkins ...

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

What most people know about Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay, centers on a daring 1962 escape by inmates Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin. The dramatic ...