“The birds can go in and out. And they chose to come there.” ...

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

Escape from Alcatraz,” “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” are among the most memorable films set on Bay Area islands.

Even if Alcatraz, which was built to hold somewhat more than 300 inmates, is resurrected and expanded, it’ll hold only a ...

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

Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...

The notion that the island prison is truly escape-proof ... citing a story in the San Francisco Chronicle. Alcatraz was shuttered for good the following year, remaining dormant until the National ...

Restoring the infamous island penitentiary would be a logistical nightmare, experts say: ‘on a cost-benefit analysis, it’s ...

A CORK politician has ruled out Ireland’s Alcatraz reopening as a prison following Donald Trump’s bid to revive the iconic US ...

A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on May 4 in San Francisco. (Noah Berger/AP) Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be ...

As calls to reopen Alcatraz make headlines, Mexico's prison island tells a different story – of sea turtles, green parrots ...