Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

Bill Baker was only 23 when he was handcuffed, shackled, and thrown on the back of a boat headed for Alcatraz, the infamous ...

Charlie Hopkins was imprisoned in Alcatraz in the 1950s, where he spent three "lonely" years.

A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks ...

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

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

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...

The island that once housed some of the country's most notorious names has been a popular tourist draw for decades.

California Governor Gavin Newsom said nothing about President Trump's order to reopen and rebuild the notorious Alcatraz ...

President Donald Trump has called for Alcatraz to be reopened as a modern maximum-security facility. Perched on an island ...