“The birds can go in and out. And they chose to come there.” ...

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be coming through ...

A CORK politician has ruled out Ireland’s Alcatraz reopening as a prison following Donald Trump’s bid to revive the iconic US ...

Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...

As President Donald Trump's administration takes its first steps to open the infamous Alcatraz, California politicians Mayor ...

President Trump said Sunday that he was ordering the FBI to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison on ...

as well as contact information for a San Francisco attorney who had defended Alcatraz inmates in the past, the files say. The attorney told the FBI he never heard from Morris or the Anglins.

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

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

Restoring the infamous island penitentiary would be a logistical nightmare, experts say: ‘on a cost-benefit analysis, it’s ...

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