The Warden is never identified by name, but he does mention his predecessors, Wardens Johnston and Blackwell. Despite these minor creative liberties, Escape from Alcatraz is largely faithful to ...

He's presumably referring to James A. Johnston (note the T in his last name, which the warden does not pronounce), who was the first warden of Alcatraz, presiding over its opening in 1934 and retiring ...

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison in the San Francisco ...

President Trump said Sunday that he is ordering the reopening of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison offshore from San Francisco that closed more than 60 years ago.

President Trump called on his administration to reopen and expand Alcatraz so authorities could send the “dregs of society” to the notorious California prison more than six decades after it ...

CECIL, ANDREA. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WILL REOPEN THE NOTORIOUS ALCATRAZ PRISON IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY. THE PRESIDENT MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HE SAYS HE’S ...

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he is ordering the reopening of Alcatraz, a shuttered prison on an island in San Francisco Bay. The president said he will be directing the Federal ...

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he's directing federal officials to reopen Alcatraz, an infamous prison in San Francisco Bay Currently, the former prison functions as a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island that has been closed ...