The now 76-year-old man killed his mother as a teen, then killed a man inside a hotel room five years later. He also spent 10 ...

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

The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board writes that Trump “should ditch his Alcatraz fantasy and build a new prison at an existing ...

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

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

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

In 1946, a violent but failed escape attempt — set off with guns and riot clubs that a group of cons managed to obtain — led ...

A 22-year-old leapt 10 feet across rooftops. Another starved himself thin enough to slip through a food slot. From cunning ...

Located on a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was as much a psychological prison as it was a ...

President Donald Trump said he's directing federal agencies to reopen the federal prison at Alcatraz, which closed in 1963 ...

A man convicted for a jail escape has been sentenced. According to the Cullman County District Attorney's Office, Anthony ...