From decent meals to private cells, life on “The Rock” offered perks that made it surprisingly bearable for some inmates.

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

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island to assess its potential reopening as a ...

The ranking comes as President Donald Trump considers converting the National Park back into a a federal prison.

The Trump administration is taking steps toward reopening Alcatraz to house detained immigrants and criminals. The notorious ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi took a tour of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay Thursday morning as part of President ...

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After floating the idea of reopening a shuttered federal prison on Alcatraz Island, President Donald Trump tasked two of his ...

The Trump administration is pushing to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison, a move that would require repealing national park ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum are in San Francisco to inspect the former Alcatraz Island ...

Two big names from the Trump administration are reportedly coming to the Bay Area on Thursday to formally launch the effort ...

President Trump may want to open up the once-notorious Alcatraz Island prison to again house the "worst of the worst" criminals, but Jolene Babyak remembers "The Rock" as a wonderful place to grow up.