Photo: Fred Greaves/Reuters; Leah Millis/Reuters SAN FRANCISCO—To some in this city, turning Alcatraz back into a prison would be a crime. “The Rock” closed 62 years ago, and San Francisco ...

That trio dug out of the prison’s crumbling walls with spoons, left the island on a raft and were never seen again. That escape attempt prompted George Christopher, who was the San Francisco ...

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he's directing federal officials to reopen Alcatraz, an infamous prison in San Francisco Bay Currently, the former prison functions as a ...

An avid tennis-player, Martin gained senior California high doubles-ranking and frequently led a team of volunteer players into San Quentin Prison to play weekly with the ‘inside-team’.

Prosecutors say the three men punched, stabbed, stomped and drowned Armando Salgado, 49, who was scheduled to be released one week later.

SAN FRANCISCO -- President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that ...

transcript It has been more than six decades since Alcatraz, which sits in San Francisco Bay, operated as a prison. Today it is best known as a damp, frigid and nostalgic staple of tourist ...

Click the image above to view part 3. Miller was released from California's San Quentin prison on May 5, 1972. A marriage application filed in 1973 displays a Minneapolis suburb address as his ...

Alcatraz is an island in San Francisco Bay that was used as a prison from 1934 to 1963, according to BOP. The island was discovered in 1775 by Spanish explorer Juan Manuel de Ayala, who named it ...