Alcatraz Island is most famous for its 29-year operation as a prison. Now it's a popular tourist spot that Trump wants to ...

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

The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster of the same name. The inmate's real name was Robert Stroud, who had spent 54 ...

President Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison in San Francisco. How much did it cost to operate? Why ...

For decades, it was known as the site of one of the most unforgiving federal prisons in the country. “Break the rules and you ...