Alcatraz closed in 1963 because it was too costly to operate — three times more costly than any other federal prison. It's not coming back.

Escape from Alcatraz,” “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” are among the most memorable films set on Bay Area islands.

“The birds can go in and out. And they chose to come there.” ...

Even if Alcatraz, which was built to hold somewhat more than 300 inmates, is resurrected and expanded, it’ll hold only a ...

A CORK politician has ruled out Ireland’s Alcatraz reopening as a prison following Donald Trump’s bid to revive the iconic US ...

President Donald Trump has said he’d like to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous island lockup in the middle of San Francisco Bay, turning it into a maximum-security fortress.

The last living Alcatraz inmate has pleaded with Donald Trump not to reopen America’s most notorious prison. Knewz.com can ...

If the world has learnt anything during the past decade, it is to take the words of the 45th and now 47th president of the ...

As calls to reopen Alcatraz make headlines, Mexico's prison island tells a different story – of sea turtles, green parrots ...

As the European Union scrambles to find bargaining chips for future trade talks with the Trump administration, there is ...

President Donald Trump may want to open up the once-notorious Alcatraz Island prison to again house the “worst of the worst” criminals, but one woman remembers “The Rock” as a wonderful place to grow ...

Steve Lopez I have just one thing to say about President Donald Trump’s proposal to reopen Alcatraz as a prison for ruthless offenders. What took you so long? The “Rock,” as it has sometimes been ...