Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

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

President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was ...

The former island prison is both a National Historic Landmark and a national park site that draws more than a million ...

President Donald Trump announced a plan to renovate and reopen Alcatraz as a prison for "the most dangerous criminals" in the ...

The history of blimps, security towers, drones, ground cameras, experimental robots and other surveillance technologies used ...

Former President Donald Trump has announced his intention to direct the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay to detain ...

No successful escapes were recorded across Alcatraz's 29 years of operation. Photo by Tayfun Cokun/Anadolu via Getty Images ...