It wouldn't change much and it would cost too much — but the point would be to create a spectacle of degradation.

The President said he wants to restore the legendary island prison, which was closed decades ago and converted into a tourist ...

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

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

Alcatraz Island hasn't been used as a federal penitentiary since 1963. It had a capacity of roughly 300 people.

The facility on Alcatraz Island has been a tourist attraction under the National Parks Service for longer than it operated as ...

Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to turn Alcatraz back into a prison.

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

After his spokesperson initially called Trump’s Alcatraz order “distraction day in Washington,” Newsom said Monday that state ...

President Trump announced plans to reopen the infamous Alcatraz maximum security prison. Why was it closed in the first place ...

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