President Trump directed federal officials to open Alcatraz for detainees. it's not the first time the topic has cropped up.

President Donald Trump posted on social media that he plans to reopen Alcatraz prison, which closed in 1963 and has become a ...

The prison is infamously inescapable due to the strong ocean currents and cold Pacific waters that surround it.

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would order the government to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the infamous ...

As it goes for so many real estate developers here, President Donald Trump’s dreams of building in California could get ...

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The prison was known for housing some of the nation's most ...

In a wide-ranging interview with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker, President Donald Trump downplayed fears of a ...

Since the prison doors of Alcatraz last slammed shut, the island — nicknamed "The Rock" — has become a popular tourist destination, but now the president wants it rebuilt to crack down on violent ...