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

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

Trump announces plans to revive Alcatraz as a federal prison. Explore the infamous facility's history of escape attempts and ...

The facility on Alcatraz Island has been a tourist attraction under the National Parks Service for longer than it operated as ...

Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to make the facility operational again.

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

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

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

President Donald Trump announced he wants to reopen Alcatraz, the prison near San Francisco that was featured in prominent ...

After raising red flags with his administration's plans to deport and jail U.S. citizens abroad, Donald Trump is reopening ...