Daring departure on this day in 1962 still has mysterious conclusion. The island made an easy transition to tourist stop.

President Donald Trump is looking to reopen Alcatraz Island, which once housed 19 Hopi men who didn’t want their children ...

President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to operate.

The President said he wants to restore the legendary island prison, which was closed decades ago and converted into a tourist ...

President Donald Trump may want to open up the once-notorious Alcatraz Island prison to again house the “worst of the worst” criminals, but one woman remembers “The Rock” as a wonderful ...

What most people know about Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay, centers on a daring 1962 escape by inmates Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin. The dramatic ...

President Donald Trump says he is directing the federal government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison ...

According to the National Park Service, Alcatraz draws roughly 1.6 million visitors each year and generates about $60 million in tourism revenue annually.

Alcatraz Penitentiary was originally built as a U.S. Army Stockade from 1910-1912. The Justice Department acquired the U.S.

Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged ...

On May 28, 1875, a Modoc man from Southern Oregon died at Alcatraz. He was one of the first Native Americans sentenced to the ...

According to former FBI supervisory special agent, the 10 violent criminals who escaped from a New Orleans jail last Friday likely had help on the inside.