Charlie Hopkins was imprisoned in Alcatraz in the 1950s, where he spent three "lonely" years.

Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...

Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be coming through ...

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

President Donald Trump's surprise announcement over the weekend that he wanted to reopen and expand the notorious Alcatraz ...

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

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

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

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

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

In the Peruvian coastal city of Chiclayo, some 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) from new Pope Leo XIV's hometown of Chicago, ...

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he's directing federal officials to reopen Alcatraz, an infamous prison in San Francisco Bay Currently, the former prison functions as a ...