President Donald Trump’s latest fantastic notion is to repurpose Alcatraz Island, one of the National Park Service’s most ...

A proposal to convert Alcatraz Island back into a functioning federal prison is being criticized by criminal justice ...

San Francisco's infamous former federal prison Alcatraz Island abruptly closed its ports on Monday, April 20, after the ...

President Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz Island as a modern federal prison — and he’s asking Congress for $152 million to start planning the project, according to a proposed 2027 budget request ...

Alcatraz Island suddenly shuts for tourists weeks after Trump demands $150M to reopen it as infamous prison - California ...

San Francisco could be losing an iconic tourist spot. Donald Trump said on social media in May that he'd ordered federal agencies to reopen Alcatraz, the former maximum-security prison that held ...

Alcatraz Island, one of the San Francisco area’s most popular tourist attractions, closed abruptly Monday, April 20, 2026, and will remain closed for at least a week. The former prison known for an ...

(FOX40.COM) — President Donald Trump is standing by his plan to reopen Alcatraz, calling for millions in funding to begin rebuilding the infamous California prison. The Trump administration released ...

President Donald Trump first pushed the idea last year, directing the Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Justice and other federal agencies to reopen and expand Alcatraz to detain what he called ...

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