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 after ...

The notorious Alcatraz prison is reopening. According to The Associated Press, the prison, which is located on an island along the coast of San Francisco, California, will be rebuilt and enlarged. The ...

Alcatraz Island, simply known as Alcatraz, was once America’s most secure federal prison. The now-abandoned federal prison attracts about 1.6 million visitors every year for tours, bringing in an ...

Bailey Green taking photos of her son, Cooper Green, 10, from Fort Worth, TX, with William “Bill” Baker, 92, one of the last surviving inmates at maximum security Alcatraz fed ...

The maximum-security, minimum-privilege prison operated for nearly 30 years but shut down because it cost three times more to run Alcatraz than other federal prisons NBC Universal, Inc. Alcatraz ...