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

Trump has been claiming the exact opposite since he invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in March to summarily round ...

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 ...

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.

Some said they worried that California’s planned ban on gas-powered vehicles would raise the price of cars. Another cited ...

Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...

Still, the Bureau of Prisons is taking Trump’s proposal seriously. U.S. Bureau of Prisons Director William K. Marshall III ...

As outlined on the BOP’s own website, USP (U.S. Penitentiary) Alcatraz closed in 1963, after federal officials realized it ...

Former President Donald Trump has proposed reopening Alcatraz Island as a federal prison to address what he calls a "national ...

A day after President Trump said he wants to reopen the nearly century-old prison as a symbol of law and order, tourists roaming the decayed historic grounds struggled to grasp the logic.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with California state Sen. Scott Wiener about Trump's call to reopen Alcatraz Prison. The island is now one of the National Park Services most popular sites.