Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum are expected to visit the former federal prison, which the ...

A spokesperson dismissed the idea previously touted by the president, following a visit to the island by Interior Secretary ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Attorney General Pam Bondi visited Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in California on Thursday ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s staff expressed skepticism about reopening Alcatraz as a federal prison following U.S.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island to assess its potential reopening as a ...

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said the effort to reopen the dilapidated former prison is a "diversionary tactic." ...

Alcatraz was first used as a jail during the American Civil War. It later became a federal penitentiary in 1934, closing less than 30 years later.

DETENTION PREVENTION: While Donald Trump was in Florida touting the opening of “Alligator Alcatraz,” Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a budget-related bill in California containing a little-known provision ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the site on Thursday to study whether reopening it as a ...

Two Trump administration officials visited the historic Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Thursday, just two months after ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s staff expressed skepticism about reopening Alcatraz as a federal prison following Pam Bondi’s visit to ...