Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How ...

Alligator Alcatraz was opened as the Trump administration amped up its pursuit of people it considers to be illegally in the ...

Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay hasn't been used as a prison for 60 years. Now, President Trump wants to reopen it. Here's a brief history of the island.

Alcatraz Island, simply known as Alcatraz, was once America’s most secure federal prison. Located in the middle of San Francisco Bay, the rocky island began housing military prisoners by the ...

Now that Alcatraz might be reopened as a prison by the federal government, "Banfield" looks back at the historic facility ...

Alcatraz is transferred to the U.S. Department of Justice to be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. During its era as a federal prison, the average inmate population was between 260 to 275, never ...

Alcatraz - popularly known as "the Rock" - has not been used as a prison for decades. It is now a historic landmark visited by millions of tourists each year.

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Cost is a central issue. When the federal government shut down Alcatraz in 1963, it cited high operating expenses—three times more than a typical prison—as a primary reason.