Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

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

"My reaction was two words: water and sewage," she says ... Alcatraz Island is now a popular National Park Service site ...

The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

To the editor: My first reaction to President Trump’s suggestion that Alcatraz be reopened (at great cost) was “no way” (“Trump orders Alcatraz prison to reopen for ‘most ruthless and vi ...

"My reaction was two words ... Justice Department's response to fears around public safety and organized crime." For federal prison officials, Alcatraz "served as an experiment" in handling ...

"My reaction was two words ... prison that represented the Justice Department's response to fears around public safety and organized crime." For federal prison officials, Alcatraz "served as an ...