Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...

Alcatraz Prison in the San Francisco Bay, viewed by helicopter on Monday. (Fred Greaves/Reuters) Can it be a coincidence that South Florida’s most powerful social media provocateur called for ...

To some in this city, turning Alcatraz back into a prison would be a crime. “The Rock” closed 62 years ago, and San Francisco ...

If the feds need new prisons, Congress should appropriate the money to build them. But leave Alcatraz as is, part of a ...

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