Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How ...

Once home to the US’s most evil criminals, Alcatraz now only opens its doors to tourists looking for a taste of the darker ...

Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay hasn't been used as a prison for 60 years. Now, President Trump wants to reopen it. Here's a brief history of the island.

Alcatraz Island, simply known as Alcatraz, was once America’s most secure federal prison. Located in the middle of San Francisco Bay, the rocky island began housing military prisoners by the ...

Alcatraz is transferred to the U.S. Department of Justice to be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. During its era as a federal prison, the average inmate population was between 260 to 275, never ...

Alcatraz is “a symbol of law and order,” he said. “It’s got quite a history, frankly.” Experts, however, say Trump misunderstands the history and functionality of Alcatraz.

The president has also called for the original Alcatraz—the famed island prison that was turned into a top tourist attraction ...

Alcatraz started as a fort in the early 1850s before becoming a U.S. military prison, a federal penitentiary, and, eventually, a museum. We aimed to explore why it has endured as a symbol of a ...

From decent meals to private cells, life on “The Rock” offered perks that made it surprisingly bearable for some inmates.

Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has been mired in controversy since the contentious release of the Epstein Files last week, ...

Clarence only got as far as the prison bakery before being caught, FBI records show, but it was the kind of creative solution that didn’t surprise the Anglin family. As children, the boys once figured ...