If the feds need new prisons, Congress should appropriate the money to build them. But leave Alcatraz as is, part of a ...

To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.

At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

To some in this city, turning Alcatraz back into a prison would be a crime. “The Rock” closed 62 years ago, and San Francisco ...

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

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

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

President Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz Island as a federal prison raises more questions than answers for a beloved San ...

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

As President Donald Trump's administration takes its first steps to open the infamous Alcatraz, California politicians Mayor ...

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

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