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

Reaction continued to pour in on Monday in response to President Trump's idea to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison.

Alcatraz Island, Calif ... Several state and local Democrats issued muted reactions, dismissing Trump’s plan as a lark meant to divert attention from other negative headlines, including ...

On a one-day layover in San Francisco, London pilot Vojta Ocelak hadn’t planned on visiting Alcatraz on Monday, but after ...

President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz, a popular U.S. tourist destination, into a federal prison again, more than 60 years after the California island fortress was shut down as too costly.

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 ...

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he is ordering the reopening of Alcatraz, a shuttered prison ... Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools ...

ALCATRAZ – Visitors to the prison here had mixed reactions Monday to President Donald Trump’s expressed desire to once again house hardened criminals in the notorious former federal prison.

Local leaders call Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz 'absurd' Reaction continued to pour in on Monday in response to President Trump's idea to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison.