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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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