There's no way in hell Alcatraz will be renovated and reopened as a prison. If Republicans decide to spend billions - ...

Alcatraz was full of such paradoxes, the “escape-proof” prison that wasn’t actually escape-proof.

President Trump’s local PBS affiliate aired the 1979 thriller ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ before he took to social media to insist the deteriorating facility should be reopened.

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

The notorious inmates and escape attempts associated with Alcatraz are coming back into view due to President Donald Trump saying on Sunday that he wants to revive the maximum-security prison.

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.

Trump announced Alcatraz reopening just hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on a South Florida PBS station The 1979 film starring Clint Eastwood about the daring 1962 escape attempt aired ...

The infamous 1962 escape also heightened concerns about future security and the need for expensive repairs [11] [12]. How expensive would it be to reopen Alcatraz as a prison?

President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San Francisco.