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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Donald Trump‘s plan to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary won’t be easy – or cheap. Opening the famed island prison is ...

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

Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, is meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, a week after winning ...

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

The White House has begun a new effort to sue individual states over their climate initiatives and to stop lawsuits against ...