From Al Capone to George "Machine Gun" Kelly, more than 1,500 men were incarcerated at Alcatraz during the nearly 30 years it was in operation in the San Francisco Bay. The infamous prison-turned ...

President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to operate.

During its time as a federal prison, which spanned almost 30 years, Alcatraz housed a total of over 1,500 inmates. Read about the most infamous inmates below: Al Capone spent time at several ...

Trump's directive has revived debate over the prison that once held Al Capone ... to Alcatraz, attracted by conditions that included single-occupancy cells. One of three cell tiers of individual ...

The prison was known for housing some of the nation's most notorious criminals, such as Al Capone, according ... such as having one man per cell — at Alcatraz compared to other federal prisons.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ... including gangster Al Capone and George “Machine ...

The prison off the coast of San Francisco is where the government sent notorious gangsters, such as Al Capone, as well as ... Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison ...

Among notorious criminals to have called Alcatraz home were: Al Capone: The notorious gangster spent four years of his 11-year prison sentence ... as having one man per cell — at Alcatraz ...

From 1934 to 1963, Alcatraz Island housed criminals, including mobster Al Capone and Robert ... was designated a US military prison in 1907. In 1912, the 600-cell holding complex was completed ...

President Trump recently announced his intention to reopen the island of Alcatraz as a revamped, modern prison under the ...