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 ...

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, ...

President Trump’s local PBS affiliate aired the 1979 thriller ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ before he took to social media to insist ...

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

As reported, “Trump said he is directing the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Homeland ...

President Trump proposes reopening Alcatraz prison, with his border czar suggesting it could also house immigrants.

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

President Donald Trump said he wanted to turn Alcatraz Island back into a prison, but experts say the popular tourist site would be nearly impossible to convert.

The problem isn’t that Donald Trump pitched an absurd idea about reopening Alcatraz. The problem are his sycophants who are ...

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

Donald Trump made a wild post Tuesday slamming Canada just moments before Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived at the ...