Trump has voiced plans to reopen and enlarge the notorious prison, Alcatraz. Will it actually happen? Here's what to know.

Walt Gray sits down with Rich Ehisen, editor in chief of Capitol Weekly, to discuss this week in California politics.

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

Alcatraz "represents something very strong, very powerful" - law and order, Trump said. But experts and historians said Trump ...

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Located west of Steilacoom in Puget Sound, Pierce County’s McNeil Island measures about seven square miles; its 27-acre prison opened as a federal penitentiary in 1875, 14 years before Washington ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

President Trump said Sunday that he is ordering the reopening of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison ...

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

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...

Former President Donald Trump has proposed reopening Alcatraz Island as a federal prison to address what he calls a "national ...