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Uncle Sam’s Devil’s Island: From Al Capone to ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly, meet Alcatraz’s most infamous inmates
Take a look a the most infamous inmates at Alcatraz as President Donald Trump is looking to reopen the prison off the coast ...
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Alcatraz was too expensive to keep open
At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...
Alcatraz visitors react to Trump: From 'the man's a moron' to 'idea seems good'
Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.
Alcatraz 2.0: Fmr. FBI agent floats 'perfect' new prison site that would scare even most hardened criminals
A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks ...
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Real to reel: The movies that made Alcatraz famous
With the Trump administration moving to reopen Alcatraz as a prison, it's time to revisit some of the movies that made the ...
‘Welcome to the Rock!’ 6 Alcatraz Movies That’ll Lock You In—Starring Clint Eastwood to Sean Connery
It's difficult to think of Alcatraz and not hear Sean Connery's accented voice proclaiming, "Welcome to the Rock!," but there ...
Trump pushes to reopen Alcatraz, but Pelosi and Newsom dismiss it as a 'distraction'
As President Donald Trump's administration takes its first steps to open the infamous Alcatraz, California politicians Mayor ...
The Birdman of Alcatraz is back with a bad idea
As if there was a need for more proof that President Donald Trump views his power as a way to indulge in grand gestures on ...