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

Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

The prison on a forbidding island off San Francisco was operated at a prohibitive cost. Now, President Trump says it's time ...

REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” Trump wrote, decrying what he called a national crisis of “vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal ...

On a one-day layover in San Francisco, London pilot Vojta Ocelak hadn’t planned on visiting Alcatraz on Monday, but after ...

"My reaction was two words ... is now a popular National Park Service site that's been open to the public since 1973. Alcatraz once held some of America's most infamous criminals - names like ...

"My reaction was two words ... Justice Department's response to fears around public safety and organized crime." For federal prison officials, Alcatraz "served as an experiment" in handling ...