To some in this city, turning Alcatraz back into a prison would be a crime. “The Rock” closed 62 years ago, and San Francisco ...

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

When Alcatraz closed in 1963, it was in such bad shape that the federal government ruled it would be more cost effective to ...

Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

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

As the Trump administration ponders reopening of the notorious island prison, we ponder the Jewish ghosts who haunt it.

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 ...

President Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

President Donald Trump said he wanted to turn Alcatraz Island back into a prison, but experts say the popular tourist site would be nearly impossible to convert.