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At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...
To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.
Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...
President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San ...
President Trump directs reopening of Alcatraz to house most dangerous criminals. The place once known as 'The Rock' could ...
The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...
President Trump has directed the reopening of Alcatraz, the infamous former prison, sparking curiosity about its history.
At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning ...
Many California officials responded with a range of ridicule and concern about reopening the nearly century-old prison. State ...
Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...
An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...
On a Monday morning visit to Alcatraz, foreign tourists were only slightly less critical of the president's plan to make it a ...