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

Several notorious criminals with Kansas connections served time in Alcatraz ... he was walking in the prison exercise yard at Leavenworth and took them back to his cell to care for them, said ...

On May 28, 1875, a Modoc man from Southern Oregon died at Alcatraz. He was one of the first Native Americans sentenced to the island prison. Long before visitors toured Alcatraz or famous inmates ...

Cost is a central issue. When the federal government shut down Alcatraz in 1963, it cited high operating expenses—three times more than a typical prison—as a primary reason. "I was like ...

or "Alcatraz Island," to reopen quickly. This comes after President Trump said he wanted to reopen the former prison to house America's "most ruthless and violent offenders." "They don't have to have ...

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 ...