High operational cost cited for Alligator Alcatraz's closing in June

The contested migrant detention center, the first of its kind in the US, will be shut down because it's too expensive ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Florida's controversial 'Alligator Alcatraz' expected to close

The controversial "Alligator Alcatraz" camp for detained migrants in Florida is expected to close. White House correspondent ...
NBC Los Angeles

A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future

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 ...
10TV.com

Trump seeks $152 million to reopen Alcatraz as a prison

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump proposed restoring Alcatraz to a "state-of-the-art secure prison facility" in his 2027 budget released Friday. Trump wants to allocate $152 million to cover the ...