Staff from the Federal Bureau of Prisons visited the infamous site this week under instructions from Donald Trump ...

President Trump may want to open up the once-notorious Alcatraz Island prison to again house the “worst of the worst” ...

Trump’s prison officials visited Alcatraz this week to assess reopening it, superintendent confirms - How feasible the ...

Despite many believing that reopening the notorious San Francisco prison would be unrealistic and expensive, officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons are said to have visited the island last week.

President Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island that's been closed for more than 60 years.

At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its isolated location, which ultimately led to its closure in 1963 when officials ...

President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive ...

President Donald Trump said he's directing federal agencies to reopen the federal prison at Alcatraz, which closed in 1963 over cost concerns and is now a popular tourist attraction.

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

What most people know about Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay, centers on a daring 1962 escape by inmates Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin. The dramatic ...

“The birds can go in and out. And they chose to come there.” ...

The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.