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

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) poked fun at President Donald Trump's recent suggestion to reopen Alcatraz, pointing out that it ...

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

California lawmakers reacted to President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would reopen Alcatraz with laughter, mockery and, ...

President Trump’s local PBS affiliate aired the 1979 thriller ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ before he took to social media to insist ...

President Trump proposes reopening Alcatraz prison, with his border czar suggesting it could also house immigrants.

The problem isn’t that Donald Trump pitched an absurd idea about reopening Alcatraz. The problem are his sycophants who are ...

President Donald Trump is eyeing a notorious site to incarcerate what he calls “America’s most ruthless and violent” prisoners. Trump is looking to re-open Alcatraz, the maximum-security island prison ...

Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, who won with a promise to confront U.S. President Donald Trump's aggression, has ...

Democrats and Republicans alike scoff at the idea of reopening the island prison that has served as a tourist attraction for ...