According to the National Park Service, Alcatraz draws roughly 1.6 million visitors each year and generates about $60 million ...

Trump officials visited the infamous Alcatraz this week as part of a plan to return the island to a federal prison. David ...

President Trump may want to open up the once-notorious Alcatraz Island prison to again house the “worst of the worst” ...

Despite many believing that reopening the notorious San Francisco prison would be unrealistic and expensive, officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons are said to have visited the island last week.

At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its isolated location, which ultimately led to its closure in 1963 when officials ...

President Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island that's been closed for more than 60 years.

What most people know about Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay, centers on a daring 1962 escape by inmates Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin. The dramatic ...

President Donald Trump said he's directing federal agencies to reopen the federal prison at Alcatraz, which closed in 1963 over cost concerns and is now a popular tourist attraction.

President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive ...

“The birds can go in and out. And they chose to come there.” ...

The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.

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