While Trump said Alcatraz prison — also known as "The Rock" — is a "symbol of law and order," such an idealistic emblem would be a realistic expense for taxpayers. History shows us that the ...

Alcatraz Island is in the bay north of the city, and visible from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. It is best known for its years as a federal prison, from 1934-63, but its history is much longer.

That history has made the island a fixture of San Francisco tourism, and it is one of the more popular National Park Service sites in the country. Alcatraz recalls a time when the United States ...

President Donald Trump directed the Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous island prison in San Francisco Bay. "For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat ...

President Trump has proposed turning Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary back into a working prison. The island prison off the coast of San Francisco was shuttered in 1963 and eventually converted to a ...