Alcatraz federal prison closed its doors and moved the remaining inmates to more modern facilities. Today, Alcatraz is one of San Francisco’s top tourist attractions. But now President Trump wants to ...

If the world has learnt anything during the past decade, it is to take the words of the 45th and now 47th president of the ...

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

Explore the implications of reopening Alcatraz and the systemic targets of Black communities in America's justice system.

Alcatraz as a prison? What about a coliseum that features Jan. 6 patriots? Hearst Castle as the Western White House? And ...

Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

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

Alcatraz Island opened to the public in 1973 and was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.Credit...Ian C. Bates for The New York Times Supported by By Heather Knight Reporting from ...

Washington, May 6: In a move that has ignited political and public debate across the United States, President Donald Trump has floated the idea of reopening the infamous Alcatraz prison, calling it a ...

So Senator Wiener, what was your reaction to hearing the news that President Trump wanted to somehow reopen Alcatraz prison ... going to have to - need a huge public investment.