Donald Trump's administration requested $152 million to begin restoring Alcatraz into "a state-of-the-art secure prison facility" The White House requested the sum for the proposed San Francisco Bay ...

President Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz Island as a modern federal prison — and he’s asking Congress for $152 million to start planning the project, according to a proposed 2027 budget request ...

Alcatraz Island, one of the San Francisco area’s most popular tourist attractions, closed abruptly Monday, April 20, 2026, and will remain closed for at least a week. The former prison known for an ...

U.S. Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited Alcatraz on Thursday in preparation for announcing plans to reopen the prison. Critics, including San Francisco’s mayor and former ...

The original Alcatraz housed convicted federal prisoners, while the new facility detains individuals under immigration enforcement, often without legal representation. Critics argue that the new ...

Alcatraz was shuttered in 1963 due to disrepair and high maintenance costs. Now Trump wants to rebuild and expand the isolated facility Chip Somodevilla/Getty; Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco ...

Can President Trump make Alcatraz a prison again? It’s an intriguing idea. The president’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal, sent to Congress on Friday, requested $152 million to restore the iconic ...

There was a time, not long ago, when Republicans and Democrats actually got along. They considered members of the other party adversaries, not enemies and, after sparring during the day over policy ...