President Trump directed federal officials to open Alcatraz for detainees. It's not the first time the topic has cropped up.

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, ...

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

Trump announces plans to revive Alcatraz as a federal prison. Explore the infamous facility's history of escape attempts and ...

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

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

Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to turn Alcatraz back into a prison.

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

The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.

To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.

He went on to direct the Bureau of Prisons to “reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt” version of Alcatraz with the help ...