The Trump administration is pushing to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison, a move that would require repealing national park ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island to assess its potential reopening as a ...

A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future The maximum-security, minimum-privilege prison operated for nearly 30 years but shut down because it cost three ...

A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future The maximum-security, minimum-privilege prison operated for nearly 30 years but shut down because it cost three ...

Earlier this month, President Trump said he wants to reopen and expand Alcatraz prison in order to house "America's most ruthless and violent offenders." Trump has since directed administrative ...

Alcatraz housed more than 1,500 prisoners when it was used as a federal prison from 1934-1963.Famous prisoners included Al Capone and Robert Stroud, who became known as the Birdman of Alcatraz.