Take a look a the most infamous inmates at Alcatraz as President Donald Trump is looking to reopen the prison off the coast ...

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

President Donald Trump announced on May 5, 2025, the reopening and expansion of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary to house ...

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

Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, James "Whitey" Bulger, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz" all served time at the ...

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

Trump ordered multiple agencies to rebuild the penitentiary, which was closed in 1963 over high operating costs and has been ...

Trump announces plans to revive Alcatraz as a federal prison. Explore the infamous facility's history of escape attempts and ...

Located on a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was as much a psychological prison as it was a physical one. While its inmates remain infamous, it was the haunted environment ...

Alcatraz was home to both infamous inmates and lesser-known prisoners who refused to conform to regulations at other federal institutions, were violent, or were considered escape risks ...