Trump Jr. floated the idea of turning Alcatraz back into a prison, but it seemed he was making one of his attempted jokes on ...

President Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

President Trump announced plans to reopen the infamous Alcatraz maximum security prison. Why was it closed in the first place ...

Trump's push to reopen Alcatraz as a maximum-security prison has triggered backlash over the steep financial and logistical ...

Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to turn Alcatraz back into a prison.

Trump ordered multiple agencies to rebuild the penitentiary, which was closed in 1963 over high operating costs and has been ...

SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump said he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the infamous ...

After initially calling Trump’s Alcatraz order “distraction day in Washington,” Newsom said Monday that state officials ...

Trump announced plans Sunday to reopen and expand the historic Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary to house "America's most ...

After raising red flags with his administration's plans to deport and jail U.S. citizens abroad, Donald Trump is reopening ...

Alcatraz Island hasn't been used as a federal penitentiary since 1963. It had a capacity of roughly 300 people.