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

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

Therre was a large visceral, negative reaction to President Trump's plan to re-open Alcatraz Island as a federal prison to ...

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.

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.

Clint Eastwood’s 1979 classic Escape From Alcatraz was shown on a South Florida PBS station the night before. (Trump was at Mar-a-Lago for most of the weekend.) Local outlet WLRN had the Don ...

It’s not clear if Trump watched his local outlet’s airing of “Escape from Alcatraz,” though his press conference seemed to allude to its premise. The movie is based on a true story about a ...

President Donald Trump floated the idea of renovating and reopening Alcatraz, but the negative reactions might sink it before it can swim. First of all, estimates for how much renovation and ...