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

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

Trump Jr. floated the idea of turning Alcatraz back into a prison, but it seemed he was making one of his attempted jokes on ...

The President said he wants to restore the legendary island prison, which was closed decades ago and converted into a tourist ...

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

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

The president is apparently making decisions about America's penitentiary system based on a 46-year-old Clint Eastwood movie.

After his spokesperson initially called Trump’s Alcatraz order “distraction day in Washington,” Newsom said Monday that state ...

President Donald Trump’s feed on his Truth Social platform, like his Twitter feed of yore, is a real-time window into the ...

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

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

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