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

President Trump directed federal officials to open Alcatraz for detainees. It's not the first time the topic has cropped up.

It wouldn't change much and it would cost too much — but the point would be to create a spectacle of degradation.

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

The island that once housed some of the country's most notorious names has been a popular tourist draw for decades.

"For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society," President ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would order the government rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a ...

Reopening Alcatraz is such a quintessentially Trumpian idea that it’s a miracle the president didn’t try to do it before.

President Donald Trump’s feed on his Truth Social platform, like his Twitter feed of yore, is a real-time window into the ...

The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.

Legal experts told Fox News on Monday that President Trump could "absolutely" reopen Alcatraz off the California coast but ...

Bureau of Prisons director said it will "vigorously" pursue "all avenues to support and implement" the Trump's agenda after ...