After floating the idea of reopening a shuttered federal prison on Alcatraz Island, President Donald Trump tasked two of his ...

Alcatraz was first used as a jail during the American Civil War. It later became a federal penitentiary in 1934, closing less than 30 years later.

President Donald Trump announced plans to reopen and expand Alcatraz Island as a prison for the nation's "most ruthless and ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom is not holding his breath for the Trump administration to follow through on reopening ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi toured Alcatraz on Thursday as part of President Trump's directive to revert the popular ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum are in California Thursday making a visit to the notorious ...

Donald Trump’s plan to restore Alcatraz as a maximum security federal prison is a costly and unnecessary idea that has been ...

A tour of the facility shows how the former federal penitentiary remains larger than life in American mythology.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s staff expressed skepticism about reopening Alcatraz as a federal prison following U.

The group has received reports this week that detainees from the island have been sent to the Florida facility and allege "rights violations and dehumanizing treatment" there.

A senior White House official said Friday that President Trump’s request to reopen Alcatraz at a reported $2 billion price ...