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

Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be coming through ...

SNL's Weekend Update addresses complaints from conservatives that Pope Leo XIV is "woke," and trashes Donald Trump wanting to ...

Charlie Hopkins was imprisoned in Alcatraz in the 1950s, where he spent three "lonely" years.

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

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 ...

This legislation will have a significant effect on California, reversing Proposition 12. Proposition 12, passed by a majority ...

The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.

A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks ...

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

Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San ...