President Trump may want to turn Alcatraz into a prison, but San Francisco kids have their own ideas — less jail time and a ...

Three prisoners successfully escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 and an expert has revealed the design flaw that made it possible.

Donald Trump is planning an 'enlarged and rebuilt' Alcatraz prison. But Indigenous activists fear for their ceremonies.

On Thanksgiving morning each year, Native Americans hold a sunrise ceremony on Alcatraz island, in the San Francisco Bay. It honors Indigenous resistance over the years and the historic 1969 Native ...

Once again, California is a hotspot of political unrest. This time, the source is one of San Francisco’s most popular tourist ...

About 5,500 people were ferried from Pier 33 to Alcatraz Island before dawn Thursday for the annual Indigenous Peoples Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering and commemorates the 1969–71 occupation of ...

For decades, the island was a towering emblem of punishment—first for enslaved labourers and lepers under colonial rule and ...

The decision to close the facility, at least temporarily, “is not easy, but is absolutely necessary,” Director William K.

The federal Bureau of Prisons is closing a California lockup that was once home to Al Capone and Charles Manson over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens ...