One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster of the same name. The inmate's real name was Robert Stroud, who had spent 54 ...

A sicko ex-doctor is now costing Columbia University over $1 billion after a new sex abuse settlement with nearly 600 victims was inked Monday. Columbia University agreed to the record-breaking ...

It’s not the first time the self-purported Christian has made light of the religion’s principles. As a way to line his ...

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

It represents something very strong, very powerful in terms of law and order. Our country needs law and order,” President Donald Trump said when a reporter asked him to explain how he decided to call ...

The island that once housed some of the country's most notorious names has been a popular tourist draw for decades.

Trump says Alcatraz, now part of the National Park Service, suddenly is needed to house America’s “most ruthless and violent” ...

An Albuquerque man with nine prior felony convictions was sentenced to federal prison for robbing a local Whataburger at ...

President Trump said on Sunday that he's directed government departments to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz. Why it matters: One ...

A correctional officer has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the December death of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating ...

Reopening the prison, which closed in 1963, is yet another Trump proposal that seems ripped from a Nicolas Cage movie.

Yet the fact that the service is currently streaming the three best-known movies about the old San Franscisco island prison ...