Alcatraz isn’t being revived because it works, but because it intimidates. It has nothing to do with criminal justice, and ...

On the night of June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin – launched one of the ...

Many California officials responded with a range of ridicule and concern about reopening the nearly century-old prison. State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, called it “unhinged.” ...

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Jared Moskowitz humorously mocks Donald Trump's idea to reopen Alcatraz. Moskowitz suspects Trump got his idea of reopening Alcatraz from watching ...

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

It's difficult to think of Alcatraz and not hear Sean Connery's accented voice proclaiming, "Welcome to the Rock!," but there ...

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

Comes mutterings about San Francisco’s tough prison Alcatraz coming back. The famous “Rock,” as the impregnable jail was ...

President Trump directs reopening of Alcatraz to house most dangerous criminals. The place once known as 'The Rock' could ...

Can it be a coincidence that South Florida’s most powerful social media provocateur called for the resurrection of a decrepit ...

Canada’s new prime minister Mark Carney won with a promise to confront U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggression.

In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests ...