Imagine being told that your new prison cell sits on an isolated island in the middle of San Francisco Bay. The water around ...

San Francisco could be losing an iconic tourist spot. Donald Trump said on social media in May that he'd ordered federal agencies to reopen Alcatraz, the former maximum-security prison that held ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump wants to make California’s Alcatraz Island into an active prison again — feared by criminals and impossible to escape. Trump’s budget to Congress on Friday includes a $152 ...

In June 1962, three inmates ingeniously escaped Alcatraz by crafting a lifeboat from prison raincoats. The escapees used stolen tools and dummy heads to outsmart guards and navigate to the prison roof ...

President Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz Island as a modern federal prison — and he’s asking Congress for $152 million to start planning the project, according to a proposed 2027 budget request ...

As I stand on Alcatraz for the first time on this gloomy day, looking out from the island prison I’ve looked at thousands of times, two emotions overwhelm all others: enchantment and deep regret. So, ...