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

In a move that has ignited political and public debate across the United States, President Donald Trump has floated the idea of reopening the infamous Alcatraz prison, calling it a ...

Later in the segment, co-anchor Michael Che riffed on Donald Trump wanting to reopen the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay in order to “house America’s most ruthless ...

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 ...

To the editor: My first reaction to President Trump’s suggestion that Alcatraz be reopened (at great cost) was “no way” (“Trump orders Alcatraz prison to reopen for ‘most ruthless and vi ...

Kate Nalepinski is a Newsweek journalist based in New York City. Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Alcatraz Island, long closed as a federal prison and now one ...

Trump’s plan marks a stark shift in correctional policy, as Alcatraz has long been considered a relic of the past. The prison gained notoriety in the 20th century as a maximum-security institution ...

REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” Trump wrote, decrying what he called a national crisis of “vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal ...

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.