Escape from Alcatraz,” “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” are among the most memorable films set on Bay Area islands.

Even if Alcatraz, which was built to hold somewhat more than 300 inmates, is resurrected and expanded, it’ll hold only a ...

A CORK politician has ruled out Ireland’s Alcatraz reopening as a prison following Donald Trump’s bid to revive the iconic US ...

President Donald Trump has said he’d like to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous island lockup in the middle of San Francisco Bay, turning it into a maximum-security fortress.

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

President Donald Trump may want to open up the once-notorious Alcatraz Island prison to again house the “worst of the worst” criminals, but one woman remembers “The Rock” as a wonderful place to grow ...

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

The prison opened on July 1, 1934, and closed 28 years later on March 21, 1963. Since then, the National Park Service has turned it into a museum. A trip to Alcatraz is among the top three "must-see" ...

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At Alcatraz, Hopkins had some infamous neighbours. The facility housed many violent criminals over its 30 years - Al Capone; ...

President Donald Trump said in a post to Truth Social on Sunday that he is ordering the Bureau of Prisons to reopen and expand the famed Alcatraz Island prison, which lies off the coast of San ...