Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged after ...

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

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 White House released ...

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 ...

US President Donald Trump asked Congress on Friday for $152 million to begin rebuilding the notorious Alcatraz prison, pressing ahead with his vision to return the former island lockup to active use.