The notion that the island prison is truly escape-proof is a key part of President Donald Trump’s proposal to reopen it more than 60 years after the Bureau of Prisons closed it for being too expensive ...

PERCHED on a rocky island a mile out to sea from San Francisco looms the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. One of the ...

President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to operate.

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the entirety of Alcatraz’s operation as a federal penitentiary, grasped the ...

The federal prison island Alcatraz, known as "The Rock," stands ... particularly regarding escape attempts. Over its operational history, 36 men attempted to flee in 14 separate incidents ...

American jail and prison escapes have long captured the public imagination, blending real danger with elements of ingenuity, ...

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

Preparation for the escape took months and involved the ... "Trump says he wants to reopen Alcatraz as a functioning prison for the most violent offenders. As the Bureau of Prisons notes on ...

The president said he wants “vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders” to be incarcerated in the island prison, which ...

Mug shots of three prisoners that made a rare escape from Alcatraz Island ... he once wanted to make movies before explaining the prison “represents something very strong, very powerful in ...

It was a common belief at Alcatraz that if anybody beat the prison’s escape-proof reputation, the government would close the facility. So when Morris and the Anglins came asking for raincoats ...