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 ...

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

The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.

A proposal by President Trump to reopen Alcatraz as a prison is getting a lot of attention and reaction from tourists, Bay ...

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

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

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

Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...

President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was ...

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...

In 1946, a violent but failed escape attempt — set off with guns and riot clubs that a group of cons managed to obtain — led ...