EDITOR: On April 13, there was a wonderful article about a new exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and a short ...

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.

Take a look a the most infamous inmates at Alcatraz as President Donald Trump is looking to reopen the prison off the coast ...

As if there was a need for more proof that President Donald Trump views his power as a way to indulge in grand gestures on ...

At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

Today on AirTalk, how the Catholic Church has been working through its process of picking a new pope; the economics of aging; ...

“An estimated $3-5 million was needed just for restoration and maintenance work to keep the prison open. That figure did not ...

On the night of June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin – launched one of the ...

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

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

As President Donald Trump's administration takes its first steps to open the infamous Alcatraz, California politicians Mayor ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...