Take a look a the most infamous inmates at Alcatraz as President Donald Trump is looking to reopen the prison off the coast ...

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

Washington’s now-abandoned McNeil Island Corrections Center was a federal penitentiary for over 100 years. Could the federal ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, James "Whitey" Bulger, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz" all served time at the ...

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

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

President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was ...

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

President Trump directs reopening of Alcatraz to house most dangerous criminals. The place once known as 'The Rock' could ...

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...