According to the National Park Service, Alcatraz draws roughly 1.6 million visitors each year and generates about $60 million ...

The last-known living inmate to serve time in Alcatraz has revealed what haunted him most about being locked up on the notorious island prison that President Trump plans to reopen. Charlie Hopkins ...

An up-close look at the US Navy Blue Angels' pratice display from Alcatraz Island on Thursday 5th October 2023.

At Alcatraz, Hopkins had some infamous neighbours. The facility housed many violent criminals over its 30 years - Al Capone; ...

Alcatraz as a prison? What about a coliseum that features Jan. 6 patriots? Hearst Castle as the Western White House? And don't forget Trump Tower Torrance.

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats. On June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and ...

EXCLUSIVE – ALCATRAZ ISLAND, California — Bill Baker was only 23 when he was handcuffed, shackled, and thrown on the back of a boat headed for Alcatraz, the infamous federal penitentiary ...

Two men who say they were repeatedly abused while living at a group home on Cypress Island decades ago are now suing the ...

Despite many believing that reopening the notorious San Francisco prison would be unrealistic and expensive, officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons are said to have visited the island last week.

Two local business owners are set to tackle what’s known as an “iconic” race in San Francisco and it will be a grueling ...

There are no beds, no chairs, no blankets — nothing. While Alcatraz held more than 200 killers, robbers and other excessively ...