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

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

"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 ...

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

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

The site handed was over to the National Park Service in 1972, and it opened to the public a year ... are pretty stark. "My reaction was two words: water and sewage," Alcatraz historian Jolene ...