President Trump has proposed turning Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary back into a working prison. The island prison off the ...

President Trump said Sunday that he was ordering the FBI to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison on an island off of San Francisco that has been closed since 1963.

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

The 1979 film starring Clint Eastwood about the daring 1962 escape attempt aired on the local PBS channel just six hours before the president made his demand that the prison be reopened ...

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

The island is now a major tourist attraction that is run by the National Parks Service and attracts thousands of visitors each year. It’s also a designated National Landmark. Alcatraz was ...

How feasible the president’s plan to revive the historic maximum security penitentiary might be is a matter of some debate ...

According to the National Park Service, Alcatraz draws roughly 1.6 million visitors each year and generates about $60 million ...

Hopkins, now 93, said his three years in Alcatraz were excruciatingly mundane — leaving him so bored he would clean to pass the time, buffing the floors “until they shined.” “There was ...

At Alcatraz, Hopkins had some infamous neighbours. The facility housed many violent criminals over its 30 years - Al Capone; ...

More than half a century later, Baker is back at Alcatraz. This time, voluntarily. “It doesn’t bother me,” he said. “The wardens are all dead. I survived, so this is my turf now.” ...