The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to explore the coast of California, and, a flock of seabirds.

President Trump said Sunday he is directing his administration to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on an island off San Francisco, California. In a post on his Truth Social ...

President Donald Trump said on May 4 that he is ordering the Federal Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay that closed more than six decades ago.. Trump ...

President Donald Trump said on May 4 that he is ordering the Federal Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay that closed more than six decades ago.

President Trump may want to open up the once-notorious Alcatraz Island prison to again house the "worst of the worst" criminals, but Jolene Babyak remembers "The Rock" as a wonderful place to grow up.

Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged ...

John Martini, an Alcatraz historian who has volunteered on the island for 25 years, said that dozens of people escaped the island when the U.S. Army operated it as a military prison, and at least ...

What most people know about Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay, centers on a daring 1962 escape by inmates Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin. The dramatic ...

It was used as a military fort from 1850 to 1933, during which military prisoners were also housed on the island, according to BOP. In 1933, the Department of Justice took over Alcatraz to open a ...

What most people know about Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay, centers on a daring 1962 escape by inmates Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin.

Long before it became the famous prison island, it was Fort Alcatraz, opened in 1858. The island offered a commanding view of the bay’s entrance.