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

President Trump is dreaming of reopening Alcatraz as a prison, but making it happen could fare more like a nightmare with a ...

Donald Trump announced he would be directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to begin taking steps to renovate and eventually ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay to detain ...

The former island prison is both a National Historic Landmark and a national park site that draws more than a million ...

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

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

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

President Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison in San Francisco. How much did it cost to operate? Why ...

The melting of glaciers and ice sheets is causing seawater levels to rise, threatening the now defunct structure of Alcatraz ...

(AP Photo/Noah Berger) People tour the main cell house on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, March 15, 2021, as the historic ...