Alcatraz became famous as a prison. It stayed famous as a myth. And now, more than 60 years after the last inmate left, that ...

One of Alcatraz's most well-known prisoners left the famed island penitentiary in San Francisco Bay for the last time 87 years ago today on Jan. 6, 1939, for medical reasons. Eight years later, former ...

Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How ...

THIS MORNING. ALSO NEW THIS MORNING. RIGHT NOW WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS ARE IN THE BAY AREA TO FORMALLY LAUNCH AN EFFORT TO TURN ALCATRAZ BACK INTO A FEDERAL PRISON. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU A LIVE LOOK OVER ...

A new exhibit is joining Al Capone’s rosary, Ted Bundy’s dental molds and Charles Manson’s acoustic guitar at the Alcatraz East Crime Museum, which has debuted a temporary display focused on retail ...