It's difficult to think of Alcatraz and not hear Sean Connery's accented voice proclaiming, "Welcome to the Rock!," but there ...

I guess I was supposed to be a moviemaker,” said Donald Trump today when asked why he decided to reopen the infamous prison ...

The president is apparently making decisions about America's penitentiary system based on a 46-year-old Clint Eastwood movie ...

Alcatraz is in San Francisco Bay off the coast of San Francisco and visible from the Golden Gate Bridge. It is best known for ...

Actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood once helmed an episode of a now-classic anthology series written by none other than Steven ...

A rerun of the classic movie Escape from Alcatraz coincidentally aired in southern Florida just before Trump revealed his prison plan.

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

Mr. Trump, returning to the White House on Sunday night ... Cage and the 1979 film "Escape from Alcatraz" starring Clint Eastwood. In 1972, Congress created the Golden Gate National Recreation ...

“That is why, today, I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house ...