President Donald Trump’s call to reopen Alcatraz, the famed San Francisco-area prison closed more than 60 years ago, drew swift backlash from California Democrats and surprise from visiting tourists.

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for ...

On May 6, 1935, in the depths of the Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing the ...

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

A 51-year-old California man was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison after investigators tied him to multiple drug shipments of methamphetamine mailed from California to Nebraska.

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

A day after President Trump said he wants to reopen the nearly century-old prison as a symbol of law and order, tourists roaming the decayed historic grounds struggled to grasp the logic.

President Donald Trump proposes rebuilding and reopening Alcatraz prison, a former maximum-security facility off the coast of San Francisco.

A federal judge said Monday there's no rule barring a plaintiff from making inconsistent or contradicting prior arguments ...

President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz, a popular U.S. tourist destination, into a federal prison again, more than 60 ...