Established in 1934, this maximum-security prison was situated on Alcatraz Island, just off the coast of San Francisco, California. It ceased operations in 1963 primarily due to its prohibitive costs ...

President Trump directs reopening of Alcatraz to house most dangerous criminals. The place once known as 'The Rock' could ...

President Donald Trump says he wants to reopen Alcatraz – turning the national park and museum in San Francisco Bay back into ...

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

The meeting came as the United States’ neighbor to the north deals with Trump’s tariffs and threats to annex the country.

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...

California lawmakers reacted to President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would reopen Alcatraz with laughter, mockery and, ...

The governor of California has proposed a bold first-of-its-kind initiative after Trump called for a 100 percent tariff on ...

President Donald Trump announced plans to reopen Alcatraz, a notorious prison in San Francisco, to house "America's most ...

As the Trump administration ponders reopening of the notorious island prison, we ponder the Jewish ghosts who haunt it.

At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning ...

The White House has begun a new effort to sue individual states over their climate initiatives and to stop lawsuits against ...