Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to make the facility operational again.

Trump announces plans to revive Alcatraz as a federal prison. Explore the infamous facility's history of escape attempts and ...

President Donald Trump announced he wants to reopen Alcatraz, the prison near San Francisco that was featured in prominent ...

President Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

Trump has called for the reopening of Alcatraz, which was designated a museum and historic site after closing more than 60 ...

Explosions and fires rocked Sudan's main port city and wartime capital Port Sudan on Tuesday, a witness said, part of a ...

The project would be extraordinarily expensive at a time when the administration already plans to cut billions of dollars ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to turn Alcatraz back into a federal prison was summarily rejected on Monday by some ...

President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again. It comes more than 60 years after the California ...

The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board writes that Trump “should ditch his Alcatraz fantasy and build a new prison at an existing ...

The island that once housed some of the country's most notorious names has been a popular tourist draw for decades.