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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 ...
To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.
Restoring the infamous island penitentiary would be a logistical nightmare, experts say: ‘on a cost-benefit analysis, it’s ...
To some in this city, turning Alcatraz back into a prison would be a crime. “The Rock” closed 62 years ago, and San Francisco ...
The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.
President Donald Trump’s feed on his Truth Social platform, like his Twitter feed of yore, is a real-time window into the ...
Reopening Alcatraz — which closed in 1963 and has operated as a museum since — “should be on the table,” Homan told reporters ...