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

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...

To some in this city, turning Alcatraz back into a prison would be a crime. “The Rock” closed 62 years ago, and San Francisco ...

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

At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning ...

Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to make the facility operational again.

Comes mutterings about San Francisco’s tough prison Alcatraz coming back. The famous “Rock,” as the impregnable jail was ...

In 1946, a violent but failed escape attempt — set off with guns and riot clubs that a group of cons managed to obtain — led ...

A proposal by President Trump to reopen Alcatraz as a prison is getting a lot of attention and reaction from tourists, Bay ...

As a young girl she grew up on the infamous prison island - known as ‘The Rock’ - in San Francisco Bay where her father ...

Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...