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.

At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning ...

Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...

Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to make the facility operational again.

On a Monday morning visit to Alcatraz, foreign tourists were only slightly less critical of the president's plan to make it a ...

President Trump directs reopening of Alcatraz to house most dangerous criminals. The place once known as 'The Rock' could ...

President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San ...

President Trump has directed the reopening of Alcatraz, the infamous former prison, sparking curiosity about its history.

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

Many California officials responded with a range of ridicule and concern about reopening the nearly century-old prison. State ...

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...