Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How ...

A senior White House official said Friday that President Trump’s request to reopen Alcatraz at a reported $2 billion price ...

Alcatraz was shuttered in 1963 due to disrepair and high maintenance costs. Now Trump wants to rebuild and expand the ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi toured Alcatraz on Thursday as part of President Trump's directive to revert the popular ...

President Donald Trump announced plans to reopen and expand Alcatraz Island as a prison for the nation's "most ruthless and ...

Two big names from the Trump administration are reportedly coming to the Bay Area on Thursday to formally launch the effort ...

Democratic leadership said Trump's idea to revive Alcatraz is based more on "decades-old, fictional Hollywood movies" than on real research ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island to assess its potential reopening as a ...

Top Trump administration officials visited Alcatraz Thursday morning as part of the controversial plan to reopen the federal ...

Trump administration officials have toured Alcatraz, the once-notorious prison island in the icy waters of San Francisco Bay ...

Alcatraz was first used as a jail during the American Civil War. It later became a federal penitentiary in 1934, closing less than 30 years later.

President Trump is pushing to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison, but the plan faces major hurdles, including steep ...