Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump wants to make California’s Alcatraz Island into an active prison again — feared by criminals and impossible to escape. Trump’s budget to Congress on Friday includes a $152 ...

As I stand on Alcatraz for the first time on this gloomy July day, looking out from the island prison I've looked *at* thousands of times, two emotions overwhelm all others: enchantment and deep ...

San Francisco could be losing an iconic tourist spot. Donald Trump said on social media in May that he'd ordered federal agencies to reopen Alcatraz, the former maximum-security prison that held ...

All scheduled tours affected by the closure will be refunded to guests, according to officials.

SAN FRANCISCO -- President Donald Trump is asking Congress for $152 million to launch his plan to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison. The request can be found in the 2027 budget proposal that the ...

President Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz Island as a modern federal prison — and he’s asking Congress for $152 million to start planning the project, according to a proposed 2027 budget request ...

President Donald Trump first pushed the idea last year, directing the Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Justice and other federal agencies to reopen and expand Alcatraz to detain what he called ...