Cabinet secretaries descended on Capitol Hill, and other highlights this week include talk of Alcatraz, the electric slide ...

President Trump directed federal officials to open Alcatraz for detainees. It's not the first time the topic has cropped up.

It's difficult to think of Alcatraz and not hear Sean Connery's accented voice proclaiming, "Welcome to the Rock!," but there ...

In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests ...

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

Trump announces plans to revive Alcatraz as a federal prison. Explore the infamous facility's history of escape attempts and ...

The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.

To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.

Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to make the facility operational again.

TOPSHOT - An aerial view shows Alcatraz island in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California on May 16, ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom said nothing about President Trump's order to reopen and rebuild the notorious Alcatraz ...