EL PAÍS paid a visit to the world’s most famous prison. It closed 62 years ago, but now, the US president wants to reopen it ...

President Trump called on his administration to reopen and expand Alcatraz so authorities could send the “dregs of society” to the notorious California prison more than six decades after it ...

President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again. President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was ...

Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged ...

Many might see Trump’s idea as far-fetched, given Alcatraz’s aging infrastructure and the likely large logistical costs of ...

Alcatraz, often referred to as “The Rock,” was more than just a prison; it was a formidable fortress designed to house some of the most dangerous and uncontrollable criminals in American history.

President Trump said Sunday that he is ordering the reopening of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison offshore from San Francisco that closed more than 60 years ago.