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

Another ‍prominent ‍Jewish ‍prisoner ‍at ‍Alcatraz ‍was ‍Meyer ‍Harris ‍“Mickey” ‍Cohen, ‍whose ‍parents ‍had ‍immigrated ‍to ...

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

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...

President Trump recently floated the idea of reopening San Francisco’s Alcatraz federal penitentiary. Could he reopen ...

Federal Bureau of Prisons Director William Marshall III expressed confidence in the viability of using Alcatraz again, ...

The last known living inmate to serve time in the infamous Alcatraz prison reveals what haunted him most about being locked up on the island as President Trump flirts with the idea of reopening.

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 ...

Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, James "Whitey" Bulger, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz" all served time at the high-security prison.

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

A National Park Service staff walks down the stairs as a colony of Brandt’s cormorants hang out on the structure’s roof recreation yard at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday ...