The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

California would see President Trump's brainchild Alcatraz as an invitation for sabotage and litigation. Nevada would see ...

California criminal justice advocates are warning that the state's closed prisons are vulnerable to federal takeover, as Trump's Alcatraz proposal has sparked a conversation about the state's ...

Charlie Hopkins, one of the last living to have served time in Alcatraz, San Francisco ’s notorious island prison, has ...

A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks ...

The Trump administration's latest publicly-fought battles come as he pushes for steep film tariffs and the reopening of one ...

President Donald Trump says he wants to reopen Alcatraz – turning the national park and museum in San Francisco Bay back into ...

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

The governor of California has proposed a bold first-of-its-kind initiative after Trump called for a 100 percent tariff on ...

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

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

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