At Alcatraz, Hopkins had some infamous neighbours. The facility housed many violent criminals over its 30 years - Al Capone; ...

a National Parks site on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, taken on May 5, 2025. REUTERS The Issue: President Trump suggesting the reopening of Alcatraz for the “dregs of society.” ...

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

Fans of murdered Simpsons and SNL icon Phil Hartman are calling for the star to be honored at Alcatraz amid Trump's wild plan to reopen the island jail. The star, famed as the voices of characters ...

In 1955, Hopkins was sent to Alcatraz - a famed ... gangsters and once helped plan an unsuccessful escape. Although it closed decades ago, US President Donald Trump recently claimed that he ...

Despite many believing that reopening the notorious San Francisco prison would be unrealistic and expensive, officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons are said to have visited the island last week.

President Trump is now getting the wheels in motion on his plan to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz as a maximum-security prison.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- President Donald Trump is moving forward with his plan to turn Alcatraz back into a federal prison -- despite most experts believing it to be unrealistic. RELATED: Trump ...

How feasible the president’s plan to revive the historic maximum security penitentiary might be is a matter of some debate among experts ...

Key parts of the park to reopen Saturday, as more campground reservations are made available Chabria: Trump’s Alcatraz fantasy reveals his nostalgia for unrestrained policing Did Trump’s ...

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was ... is a key part of President Donald Trump’s proposal to reopen it more than 60 years after the Bureau ...