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

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would order the government rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a ...

President Trump said Sunday that he was ordering the FBI to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison on ...

President Donald Trump Sunday announced plans to reopen Alcatraz, the notorious prison in San Francisco that housed some of ...

Once home to some of the US’s most dangerous criminals, these days Alcatraz only opens its doors to tourists looking for a ...

Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner escape routes – and looking at ways to preserve the island for the future.

The future of Alcatraz lies in one man’s hands ... have also lifted the veil on the prison’s most famous 1962 escape, when Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin made a successful ...