Democrats and Republicans alike scoff at the idea of reopening the island prison that has served as a tourist attraction for ...

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

Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...

As it goes for so many real estate developers here, President Donald Trump’s dreams of building in California could get ...

Reopening Alcatraz is such a quintessentially Trumpian idea that it’s a miracle the president didn’t try to do it before.

U.S. President Donald Trump claims he wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California ...

President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was ...

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

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

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

Former President Donald Trump has proposed reopening Alcatraz Island as a federal prison to address what he calls a "national ...

Still, the Bureau of Prisons is taking Trump’s proposal seriously. U.S. Bureau of Prisons Director William K. Marshall III ...