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

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

President Trump directed federal officials to open Alcatraz for detainees. It's not the first time the topic has cropped up.

It wouldn't change much and it would cost too much — but the point would be to create a spectacle of degradation.

President Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

The island that once housed some of the country's most notorious names has been a popular tourist draw for decades.

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would order the government rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a ...

Reopening Alcatraz is such a quintessentially Trumpian idea that it’s a miracle the president didn’t try to do it before.

Trump's push to reopen Alcatraz as a maximum-security prison has triggered backlash over the steep financial and logistical ...

The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.

President Trump announced plans to reopen the infamous Alcatraz maximum security prison. Why was it closed in the first place ...