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

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

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

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

President Trump is now getting the wheels in motion on his plan to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz as a maximum-security prison.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...