It's difficult to think of Alcatraz and not hear Sean Connery's accented voice proclaiming, "Welcome to the Rock!," but there ...

Alcatraz isn’t being revived because it works, but because it intimidates. It has nothing to do with criminal justice, and ...

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

Many California officials responded with a range of ridicule and concern about reopening the nearly century-old prison. State ...

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

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Jared Moskowitz humorously mocks Donald Trump's idea to reopen Alcatraz. Moskowitz suspects Trump got his idea of reopening Alcatraz from watching ...

Alcatraz the penitentiary shut down in 1963, but Alcatraz the idea has lived on, a permanent part of the American mythology.

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

President Trump directs reopening of Alcatraz to house most dangerous criminals. The place once known as 'The Rock' could ...

The island facility has been used as a fort, a military prison, and for housing some of America’s most notorious criminals ...