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

There are only two people left in the world who really know what it was like to be a prisoner on Alcatraz, the legendary island in San Francisco Bay. One is Charlie Hopkins, who lives in Florida. The ...

Glen Stewart Godwin was serving a sentence of more than 25 years for a stabbing murder when he escaped in June 1987 from the Folsom State Prison outside Sacramento, California, a maximum-security ...

According to former FBI supervisory special agent, the 10 violent criminals who escaped from a New Orleans jail last Friday likely had help on the inside.

On June 11, 1962, three prisoners escaped from the notorious Alcatraz prison, a former US military base located on a small island off the coast of San Francisco.

Jose Perez is fighting for a future in which he hopes he won’t be paralyzed after suffering a serious injury while racing in the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon earlier this month.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- President Donald Trump is moving forward with his plan to turn Alcatraz back into a federal prison -- despite most experts believing it to be unrealistic. RELATED ...

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, and for San Francisco, the season arrives ... Chief among them: Alcatraz Island. All Alcatraz tours were sold out for the holiday weekend.

a small crew of scientists and federal agents stood at San Francisco’s northern edge, straining to find their target. The Golden Gate Bridge stood to their left. Alcatraz to their right.

Situated on a tiny island off San Francisco, Alcatraz prison for years held high-profile criminals before it was decommissioned and turned into a popular tourist attraction. Here are five things ...