Alcatraz, America's most feared prison, officially shut on 21 March 1963, bringing an end to nearly three decades of housing ...

Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

Buried deep in Colorado's Mountains lies America's most secure prison. ADX Florence is where the U.S. government buries its ...

Inside 10 most dangerous prison inmates still locked away.

Donald Trump plans to revive Alcatraz, the infamous island prison, to house America's most dangerous criminals. Closed since ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would order the government to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison ...

Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, James "Whitey" Bulger, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz" all served time at the high-security prison.

The prison on a forbidding island off San Francisco was operated at a prohibitive cost. Now, President Trump says it's time ...

Located on a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was as much a psychological prison as it was a ...

The island fortress entered American cultural lore after a 1962 escape by three inmates, notably Frank Morris, which became ...

Since the prison doors of Alcatraz last slammed shut, the island — nicknamed "The Rock" — has become a popular tourist destination, but now the president wants it rebuilt to crack down on violent ...

Trump has ordered to reopen the most infamous jail in California to house violent offenders amid crime and safety concerns.