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

Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...

To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.

Restoring the infamous island penitentiary would be a logistical nightmare, experts say: ‘on a cost-benefit analysis, it’s ...

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

UFC commentator Joe Rogan casts a doubt in his ability to match Nick Diaz's super human feat of swimming in shark infested ...