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 ...

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

William Baker, 91, is believed to be one of the last living inmates of Alcatraz. He has harrowing tales to tell, including about the time he tried to escape.

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

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

Historian Jolene Babyak shares her experience of living at Alcatraz as a child with other families and outlines some of the ...

What some might not know about Alcatraz Island is that it was not just home to criminals; about 60 families of staff members ...