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

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

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

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

President Trump said Sunday that he was ordering the FBI to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison on ...

President Trump directs reopening of Alcatraz to house most dangerous criminals. The place once known as 'The Rock' could ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Many California officials responded with a range of ridicule and concern about reopening the nearly century-old prison. State ...