To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.

If the feds need new prisons, Congress should appropriate the money to build them. But leave Alcatraz as is, part of a ...

In the post, Trump said he was directing the DOJ, FBI and Department of Homeland Security to look into rebuilding and ...

At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

President Trump said Sunday that he was ordering the FBI to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison on ...

At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning ...

President Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz Island as a federal prison raises more questions than answers for a beloved San ...

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

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...

As President Donald Trump's administration takes its first steps to open the infamous Alcatraz, California politicians Mayor ...

Many California officials responded with a range of ridicule and concern about reopening the nearly century-old prison. State ...