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US President Donald Trump declared "nobody ever escaped from Alcatraz," outlining plans to reopen the island prison. It was ...
Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be coming through ...
Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...
The island fortress off San Francisco – mythologised as “inescapable” – has been closed for more than 60 years. It was shut ...
At Alcatraz, Hopkins had some infamous neighbours. The facility housed many violent criminals over its 30 years - Al Capone; ...
President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive ...
To some in this city, turning Alcatraz back into a prison would be a crime. “The Rock” closed 62 years ago, and San Francisco ...
Trump announces plans to revive Alcatraz as a federal prison. Explore the infamous facility's history of escape attempts and ...
At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning ...
More than six decades after its closure, Alcatraz could be reopened and expanded as a high-security prison for violent ...
SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump said he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the infamous ...
The prison off the coast of San Francisco is where the government sent notorious gangsters Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" ...