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

(SAN FRANCISCO) -- President Donald Trump's surprise announcement over the weekend that he wanted to reopen and expand the notorious Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay is drawing new ...

President Trump posted on Truth Social that he wants to “reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt” prison on San Francisco ...

Perched on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz stands out as one of America's most notorious and mysterious prisons ...

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

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

US President Donald Trump wants to reopen the notorious Alcatraz prison, a tourist attraction and museum for over 60 years - ...

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.

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 ...

As outlined on the BOP’s own website, USP (U.S. Penitentiary) Alcatraz closed in 1963, after federal officials realized it would be much less expensive to simply build a new prison elsewhere. The ...

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