The last-known living inmate to serve time in Alcatraz has revealed what haunted him most about being locked up on the notorious island prison that President Trump plans to reopen. Charlie Hopkins ...

A visitor looks at the warden's house at Alcatraz Island on Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco.

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats. On June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and ...

Mr. Himmelman is a writer at work on a book about Alcatraz. When President Trump recently said he wanted to reopen Alcatraz, to “lock up the most dangerous criminals and keep them far away from ...

President Trump expressed interest in reopening the infamous Alcatraz penitentiary Sunday after a South Florida TV station aired the 1979 Clint Eastwood film “Escape from Alcatraz.” ...

Trump's directive has revived debate over the prison that once held Al Capone. President Donald Trump's surprise announcement over the weekend that he wanted to reopen and expand the notorious ...

A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on May 4 in San Francisco. (Noah Berger/AP) Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be ...