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 ...

One of Alcatraz's most well-known prisoners left the famed island penitentiary in San Francisco Bay for the last time 87 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...