“The birds can go in and out. And they chose to come there.” ...

Bill Baker was only 23 when he was handcuffed, shackled, and thrown on the back of a boat headed for Alcatraz, the infamous ...

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

If the world has learnt anything during the past decade, it is to take the words of the 45th and now 47th president of the ...

Even if Alcatraz, which was built to hold somewhat more than 300 inmates, is resurrected and expanded, it’ll hold only a ...

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

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

Trump has voiced plans to reopen and enlarge the notorious prison, Alcatraz. Will it actually happen? Here's what to know.

President Trump directed his administration to reopen the notorious Alcatraz prison in San Francisco, to house America's most ...

The island that once housed some of the country's most notorious names has been a popular tourist draw for decades.

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

"It’s not like he came out and was like, 'Hey, I’m Pope Leo XIV, he/him,'" Colin Jost jokes of the Chicago native ...