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

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.

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.

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

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

The President said he wants to restore the legendary island prison, which was closed decades ago and converted into a tourist ...

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

The president is apparently making decisions about America's penitentiary system based on a 46-year-old Clint Eastwood movie.