Originally built as a military prison, Alcatraz eventually housed some of America's most notorious and feared gangsters.

US President Donald Trump declared "nobody ever escaped from Alcatraz," outlining plans to reopen the island prison. It was ...

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

President Trump announced plans to reopen the infamous Alcatraz maximum security prison. Why was it closed in the first place ...

President Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison in San Francisco. How much did it cost to operate? Why ...

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 said in a social media post Sunday that he is directing the Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen ...

Trump's push to reopen Alcatraz as a maximum-security prison has triggered backlash over the steep financial and logistical ...

Trump Jr. floated the idea of turning Alcatraz back into a prison, but it seemed he was making one of his attempted jokes on ...

After raising red flags with his administration's plans to deport and jail U.S. citizens abroad, Donald Trump is reopening ...

The president is apparently making decisions about America's penitentiary system based on a 46-year-old Clint Eastwood movie.