Trump has voiced plans to reopen and enlarge the notorious prison, Alcatraz. Will it actually happen? Here's what to know.

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

Trump ordered multiple agencies to rebuild the penitentiary, which was closed in 1963 over high operating costs and has been ...

Whatever the delivery mechanism, President Donald Trump loves to toss out startling ideas aimed at dropping jaws, ...

Can it be a coincidence that South Florida’s most powerful social media provocateur called for the resurrection of a decrepit prison in San Francisco Bay just as the local PBS affiliate was airing the ...

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

The island that once housed some of the country's most notorious names has been a popular tourist draw for decades.

Mr. Himmelman is a writer at work on a book about Alcatraz. When President Trump recently said he wanted to reopen Alcatraz, to “lock up the most dangerous criminals and keep them far away from ...

At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning Alcatraz back into a penitentiary. Alcatraz Island opened to the public in ...

“Nobody’s ever escaped from Alcatraz,” Trump asserted Monday in the Oval Office. Morris and the Anglins ended up in America’s most foreboding prison for the most obvious reason: They were ...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons visited Alcatraz last week and plans to return in the future for an assessment, the head of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area revealed at a public meeting in the ...

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