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President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San ...
President Donald Trump announced he wants to reopen Alcatraz, the prison near San Francisco that was featured in prominent ...
Alcatraz as a prison? What about a coliseum that features Jan. 6 patriots? Hearst Castle as the Western White House? And ...
As it goes for so many real estate developers here, President Donald Trump’s dreams of building in California could get ...
Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...
William Baker, 91, is believed to be one of the last living inmates of Alcatraz. He has harrowing tales to tell, including about the time he tried to escape.
Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...
Trump announced on Truth Social on Sunday night a plan to restore Alcatraz to all its glory, 62 years after it was shut down ...
A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks ...
On a Monday morning visit to Alcatraz, foreign tourists were only slightly less critical of the president's plan to make it a ...
From tourists visiting the island to experts on the jail's history, swaths of Californians are calling the idea absurd.
To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.