Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

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

U.S. President Donald Trump thinks there's a better use for Alcatraz than its current role as one of San Francisco's top ...

Discover how a 1962 Popular Mechanics article inspired the legendary Alcatraz escape, blending ingenuity and determination in ...

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

Charlie Hopkins, one of the last living to have served time in Alcatraz, San Francisco ’s notorious island prison, has ...

Can it be a coincidence that South Florida’s most powerful social media provocateur called for the resurrection of a decrepit ...

The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.

President Donald Trump announced that he intends to resurrect the infamous Alcatraz facility, located on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, as a modern maximum-security prison. The announcement ...

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

Many California officials responded with a range of ridicule and concern about reopening the nearly century-old prison. State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, called it “unhinged.” ...

In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests inspired by projects in the magazine.