Trump told reporters on Sunday night while returning to the White House from Florida that his Alcatraz plan was “just an idea ...

Charlie Hopkins was imprisoned in Alcatraz in the 1950s, where he spent three "lonely" years.

President Trump said he wants to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz as a prison. The former maximum security facility originally ...

Trump ordered multiple agencies to rebuild the penitentiary, which was closed in 1963 over high operating costs and has been ...

President Trump directs reopening of Alcatraz to house most dangerous criminals. The place once known as 'The Rock' could ...

Despite President Donald Trump's administration confirming that a plan to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz is already underway, San Francisco politicians are dismissing it as an unserious "distraction." ...

Rubin declined to say how much it would cost exactly to reopen Alcatraz but did note that if Trump were to rebuild the prison ...

Still, the Bureau of Prisons is taking Trump’s proposal seriously. U.S. Bureau of Prisons Director William K. Marshall III ...

As Trump worked to finesse his plan, tourists continued flocking ... Another visitor, a 46-year-old from Iowa, said reopening Alcatraz would be “a waste of money.” She spoke on the condition ...

Alcatraz held less than 1 percent of the ... said there are too many unknowns to determine whether Trump’s plan for reopening the prison is practical. In particular, it’s unclear whether ...

In the hours since President Donald Trump declared his plans to reopen a “substantially enlarged” Alcatraz to “house ... said she viewed Trump’s plan as “asinine.” ...