To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.

If the feds need new prisons, Congress should appropriate the money to build them. But leave Alcatraz as is, part of a ...

At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

President Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz Island as a federal prison raises more questions than answers for a beloved San ...

At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning ...

President Trump said Sunday that he was ordering the FBI to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison on ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...

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

To some in this city, turning Alcatraz back into a prison would be a crime. “The Rock” closed 62 years ago, and San Francisco ...

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

President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San ...