The Federal Bureau of Prisons visited Alcatraz last week and plans to return in the future for an assessment, the head of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area revealed at a public meeting in the ...

Federal Bureau of Prisons Director William Marshall III expressed confidence in the viability of using Alcatraz again, ...

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

Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman, a Republican, is pushing a bill that would speed up the process of hiring correctional officers.

Trump, ever in search of sadistic pleasures, wants his own CECOT-like prison to intern what he calls America’s “most vicious ...

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

At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

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

As if there was a need for more proof that President Donald Trump views his power as a way to indulge in grand gestures on ...

Alcatraz federal prison closed its doors and moved the remaining inmates to more modern facilities. Today, Alcatraz is one of San Francisco’s top tourist attractions. But now President Trump wants to ...

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats. On June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and ...