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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Many California officials responded with a range of ridicule and concern about reopening the nearly century-old prison. State ...

When Alcatraz closed in 1963, it was in such bad shape that the federal government ruled it would be more cost effective to ...

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

President Donald Trump said he's directing federal agencies to reopen the federal prison at Alcatraz, which closed in 1963 ...