As President Donald Trump called for the reopening of Alcatraz in a Sunday evening Truth Social post, many Americans were reminded of the notorious prison off the coast of San Francisco, California.

Here's a quick look back at the history of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, from most recent to its start. In a post on his Truth Social site Sunday evening, Trump wrote, “For too long, America ...

Now that Alcatraz might be reopened as a prison by the federal government, "Banfield" looks back at the historic facility that housed notorious figures, including George "Machine Gun" Kelly and Al ...

California's notorious and historic island prison off the coast of San Francisco has been once again thrust into the national spotlight after President Donald Trump announced May 4 that he plans to ...

A Denver-based cryptocurrency investor has unveiled plans to build a 450-foot statue of the Greek god Prometheus on Alcatraz Island — a project that, if realized, would tower over San Francisco Bay ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced his intention to reconstruct and reopen Alcatraz, the infamous former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, as a functioning maximum-security facility ...

What triggers feelings of extreme fear and unease in a so-called “haunted” place? Turns out the answers are more rooted in ...

1931: Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone was found guilty by a federal jury on five counts of income tax indictments and was later ...