But any serious policy on public safety must begin with one simple truth: we cannot incarcerate our way out of social failure. A reopened Alcatraz would be a billion-dollar monument to mass ...

Himmelman is a writer at work on a book about Alcatraz. When President Trump recently ... had a long and easily summoned history in the public imagination. When the federal penitentiary opened ...

It’s a move that feels less about public safety and more about raw assertion of power—an unmistakable message that control matters more than correction, and fear is more useful than fairness. Trump’s ...

Donald Trump expressed interest in reopening Alcatraz prison to house hardened criminals. Alvin Karpis, raised in Topeka, was designated "Public Enemy No. 1" and spent 26 years in Alcatraz.

According to the National Park Service, Alcatraz draws roughly 1.6 million visitors each year and generates about $60 million in tourism revenue annually.

Therefore, when he speaks of reopening Alcatraz as a prison, that is exactly what he is doing. For him, Alcatraz is a symbol of what he believes is law and order. So if it were to become a prison ...

President Trump's suggestion to reopen Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary ignores decades of data, deadly mistakes, and public ...

But any serious policy on public safety must begin with one simple truth: we cannot incarcerate our way out of social failure. A reopened Alcatraz would be a billion-dollar monument to mass ...

But any serious policy on public safety must begin with one simple truth: we cannot incarcerate our way out of social failure. A reopened Alcatraz would be a billion-dollar monument to mass ...