The infamous San Francisco prison shut down in 1963 is being looked at by several federal agencies to possibly be reopened. A ...

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

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams urged the Adams administration Monday to look at ways to reduce the jail population, which ...

Crystal Dangerfield joined the Los Angeles Sparks for the 2025 season after playing as a Guard for the Dallas Wings. She ...

Alcatraz is in San Francisco Bay off the coast of San Francisco and visible from the Golden Gate Bridge. It is best known for ...

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

US President Donald Trump said he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

Reopening Alcatraz — which closed in 1963 and has operated as a museum since — “should be on the table,” Tom Homan told ...

President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was ...

Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, James "Whitey" Bulger, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz" all served time at the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump claims he wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was converted into a U.S. tourist destination because it had ...

Alcatraz Island hasn't been used as a federal penitentiary since 1963. It had a capacity of roughly 300 people.