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Uncle Sam’s Devil’s Island: From Al Capone to ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly, meet Alcatraz’s most infamous inmates
Take a look a the most infamous inmates at Alcatraz as President Donald Trump is looking to reopen the prison off the coast ...
Alcatraz visitors react to Trump: From 'the man's a moron' to 'idea seems good'
Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.
Newsom calls President Trump's order to reopen Alcatraz a "colossally bad fiscal idea"
California Governor Gavin Newsom said nothing about President Trump's order to reopen and rebuild the notorious Alcatraz ...
Alcatraz 2.0: Fmr. FBI agent floats 'perfect' new prison site that would scare even most hardened criminals
A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks ...
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Real to reel: The movies that made Alcatraz famous
With the Trump administration moving to reopen Alcatraz as a prison, it's time to revisit some of the movies that made the ...
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Alcatraz was too expensive to keep open
At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...
‘Welcome to the Rock!’ 6 Alcatraz Movies That’ll Lock You In—Starring Clint Eastwood to Sean Connery
It's difficult to think of Alcatraz and not hear Sean Connery's accented voice proclaiming, "Welcome to the Rock!," but there ...
To reopen Alcatraz, you might have to rebuild the whole thing, historians say
To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.