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

The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.

Democrats and Republicans alike scoff at the idea of reopening the island prison that has served as a tourist attraction for ...

President Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would order the government rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a ...

Reopening Alcatraz is such a quintessentially Trumpian idea that it’s a miracle the president didn’t try to do it before.

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

Trump announces plans to revive Alcatraz as a federal prison. Explore the infamous facility's history of escape attempts and ...

The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.

Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to make the facility operational again.