At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.

What some might not know about Alcatraz Island is that it was not just home to criminals; about 60 families of staff members ...

A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

Armed with robots, lasers, and specialized drones, Pete Kelsey and his team 3D-mapped all of Alcatraz Island, gaining access to areas previously off limits. Over the course of 13 months, the team ...

The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...