President Trump has directed the reopening of Alcatraz, the infamous former prison, sparking curiosity about its history.

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

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

US President Donald Trump declared "nobody ever escaped from Alcatraz," outlining plans to reopen the island prison. It was ...

At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

As calls to reopen Alcatraz make headlines, Mexico's prison island tells a different story – of sea turtles, green parrots ...

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

In 1955, Hopkins was sent to Alcatraz - a prison on an isolated island off the coast of San Francisco - after causing trouble ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

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

but was transferred to Alcatraz in 1934 after allegations that Capone was receiving cushy treatment by manipulating the prison system, according to History.com. Capone was released from Alcatraz ...