Democrats and Republicans alike scoff at the idea of reopening the island prison that has served as a tourist attraction for ...

The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.

Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...

As it goes for so many real estate developers here, President Donald Trump’s dreams of building in California could get ...

President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was ...

Former President Donald Trump has proposed reopening Alcatraz Island as a federal prison to address what he calls a "national ...

President Donald Trump announced plans to reopen Alcatraz, a notorious prison in San Francisco, to house "America's most ...

Still, the Bureau of Prisons is taking Trump’s proposal seriously. U.S. Bureau of Prisons Director William K. Marshall III ...

Established in 1934, this maximum-security prison was situated on Alcatraz Island, just off the coast of San Francisco, California. It ceased operations in 1963 primarily due to its prohibitive costs ...

California lawmakers reacted to President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would reopen Alcatraz with laughter, mockery and, ...

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

As the Trump administration ponders reopening of the notorious island prison, we ponder the Jewish ghosts who haunt it.