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

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

While the Civil War was never fought in California, the state nevertheless played a major role in generating pro-Union ...

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be coming through ...

To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch. "It can’t be a ...

T100 action is once again on the horizon as the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon hosts the second race of the season in San ...

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

Many California officials responded with a range of ridicule and concern about reopening the nearly century-old prison. State ...

US President Donald Trump has said he would like to see Alcatraz Island return to its former role as a high-security prison, ...

In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests ...

Discover how a 1962 Popular Mechanics article inspired the legendary Alcatraz escape, blending ingenuity and determination in ...