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

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

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

President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again. It comes more than 60 years after the California ...

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 ...

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

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

The maximum-security prison of Alcatraz will be back in operation. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social: 'I have directed the Bureau of Prisons, along with the Department of Justice, ...

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