President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to operate.

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 ...

In 1955, Hopkins was sent to Alcatraz - a prison on an isolated island off the coast of San Francisco - after causing trouble ...

The facility on Alcatraz Island has been a tourist attraction under the National Parks Service for longer than it operated as ...

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

Take a look a the most infamous inmates at Alcatraz as President Donald Trump is looking to reopen the prison off the coast ...

President Donald Trump said he's directing federal agencies to reopen the federal prison at Alcatraz, which closed in 1963 over cost concerns and is now a popular tourist attraction.

Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman, a Republican, is pushing a bill that would speed up the process of hiring correctional officers.

Several notorious criminals were held at Alcatraz after it was transformed in 1934 from a military jail to a maximum-security ...

A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks ...

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