On May 28, 1875, a Modoc man from Southern Oregon died at Alcatraz. He was one of the first Native Americans sentenced to the ...

There are plenty of hideouts in the rugged terrain of the Ozark Mountains where searchers are hunting for an ex-lawman known ...

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 ...

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Walt Gray sits down with Rich Ehisen, editor in chief of Capitol Weekly, to discuss this week in California politics.

President Donald Trump may want to open up the once-notorious Alcatraz Island prison to again house the “worst of the worst” criminals, but one woman remembers “The Rock” as a wonderful ...

Aerial view of Alcatraz Prison, a National Parks site on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, taken on May 5, 2025. REUTERS The Issue: President Trump suggesting the reopening of ...

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

awoke to news that President Donald Trump had said he wanted to turn Alcatraz Island back into a prison, she said she felt fear. Many might see Trump’s idea as far-fetched, given Alcatraz’s ...

President Donald Trump has called for Alcatraz to be reopened as a modern maximum-security facility. Perched on an island about 1.25 miles offshore from San Francisco, the former federal prison ...

His latest retro idea: Make Alcatraz a prison again. “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” he wrote Sunday on Truth Social. Setting aside whether the plan is feasible, it would effect of one San ...

“I guess I was supposed to be a moviemaker,” said Donald Trump today when asked why he decided to reopen the infamous prison on Alcatraz Island. Turns out there might be a more prosaic ...