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

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

The prison off the coast of San Francisco is where the government sent notorious gangsters Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" ...

Armed with robots, lasers, and specialized drones, Pete Kelsey and his team 3D-mapped all of Alcatraz Island, gaining access to areas previously off limits. Over the course of 13 months, the team ...

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

President Donald Trump said in a post to Truth Social on Sunday that he is ordering the Bureau of Prisons to reopen and ...

Torres: Sightseeing boats can boast spotting dolphins, manatees, sea turtles and maybe a glimpse of the Shoe Bomber or el ...

Since then the walls of Alcatraz have rotted in the salty sea wind. Restoring it from its current status as a decaying museum ...