Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

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

Democrats and Republicans alike scoff at the idea of reopening the island prison that has served as a tourist attraction for ...

The president is apparently making decisions about America's penitentiary system based on a 46-year-old Clint Eastwood movie.

Reopening Alcatraz is such a quintessentially Trumpian idea that it’s a miracle the president didn’t try to do it before.

Trump Jr. floated the idea of turning Alcatraz back into a prison, but it seemed he was making one of his attempted jokes on ...

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

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

As it goes for so many real estate developers here, President Donald Trump’s dreams of building in California could get ...

The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.

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

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