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

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

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

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

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

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

It's difficult to think of Alcatraz and not hear Sean Connery's accented voice proclaiming, "Welcome to the Rock!," but there ...