The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

Restoring the infamous island penitentiary would be a logistical nightmare, experts say: ‘on a cost-benefit analysis, it’s ...

He was one of 205 people arrested nationwide as part of what the Justice Department named Operation Restore Justice.

The man accused of car theft in the Rock Island stolen car/missing child case of Blessing Aoci in January is in the Scott ...

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

The island facility has been used as a fort, a military prison, and for housing some of America’s most notorious criminals ...

Ricky Wassenaar killed three sex offenders at an Arizona state prison on April 4. Here's why he says he did it.

The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.

US President Donald Trump's plan to turn Alcatraz back into a federal prison has been summarily rejected by visitors to the ...

President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to turn Alcatraz back into a federal prison was summarily rejected on Monday by some ...

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