It wouldn't change much and it would cost too much — but the point would be to create a spectacle of degradation.

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

The Clint Eastwood classic was on a local Palm Beach station the night before Trump made the announcement he is reopening the ...

Donald Trump announced he would be directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to begin taking steps to renovate and eventually ...

President Trump proposes restoring the infamous island prison to house dangerous criminals, raising questions about ...

Republican senators are drawing a bright line against President Trump’s exploration of sending “homegrown” criminals who are ...

In a gesture of fraternal solidarity, Prime Minister Albo offers to relocate Trump to Christmas Island, citing Australia’s experience in politically convenient isolation. Sadly, negotiations stall ...

Historian Jolene Babyak shares her experience of living at Alcatraz as a child with other families and outlines some of the issues at the prison island like no water, no sewage treatment, and ...

President Donald Trump recently stated he had ordered the reopening of Alcatraz prison.  Alcatraz, which is currently a museum and national park, was used a ...

President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was ...

US President Donald Trump wants to reopen the notorious Alcatraz prison, a tourist attraction and museum for over 60 years - twice as long as the island in the bay of San Francisco was ever used as a ...