Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How ...

President Donald Trump's idea to reopen Alcatraz prison is ridiculous for many reasons, but high among them: It's a ...

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.

In 1981, the facility became the state-operated, minimum to medium security McNeil Island Corrections Center (MICC) and remained as the oldest prison in the Northwest and the last U.S. island ...

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 ...

Some say inmates and prison guards who died on Alcatraz over the years continue to haunt the island. In addition, some Native American tribes believe the island was a place of malevolent spirits.