San Francisco's Alcatraz, a former high-security prison, has been closed since 1963. Experts say Trump's plan to open Alcatraz is a 'logistical black hole' SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

President Donald Trump has again breached the topic of reactivating Alcatraz as a federal prison, claiming that “conceptual ...

Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz as a prison. In a Truth Social post on Sunday, President Donald Trump called for San Francisco's infamous Alcatraz prison to be reopened to house America's most ...

Alcatraz prison, located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, just over a mile north of the city, was a maximum-security, minimum-privilege prison opened in 1934 to deal with the "most ...

Land in the Everglades once designated to be a jetport, is now being turned into a detention center for migrants and being ...

Trips to Alcatraz represent big business for San Francisco-based tour operators, so they're paying close attention to President Trump's plan. President Donald Trump has long vowed to bring America ...

Al Capone, George 'Machine Gun' Kelly, James 'Whitey' Bulger, and the 'Birdman of Alcatraz' were among the San Francisco prison's most infamous inmates before it closed in 1963 because of high costs.

The last prisoner to leave Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was a man named Frank Weatherman. The blond gun thief — described as "tough-but-boyish-looking" by the San Francisco Chronicle — had ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - James "Whitey" Bulger is headed back to prison following his conviction on a series of crimes, including 11 killings. The former Boston mob boss won't get his wish to live ...

Maybe you’ve already visited Alcatraz, the former prison island in San Francisco Bay. Maybe you think it’s a tourist trap (although a tasteful one, since it’s run by the National ...

U.S. President Donald Trump thinks there's a better use for Alcatraz than its current role as one of San Francisco's top tourist attractions: He wants to return the island in San Francisco Bay to ...