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

President Trump is dreaming of reopening Alcatraz as a prison, but making it happen could fare more like a nightmare with a really expensive price tag. Why it matters: The project, which would heavily ...

The island that once housed some of the country's most notorious names has been a popular tourist draw for decades.

The former island prison is both a National Historic Landmark and a national park site that draws more than a million ...

While Trump said Alcatraz prison — also known as "The Rock" — is a "symbol of law and order," such an idealistic emblem would be a realistic expense for taxpayers. History shows us that the ...

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

according to Alcatraz History. However, he was sent back to the high-security prison in 1962 and stayed there until he was transferred to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. James ...