Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the entirety of Alcatraz’s operation as a federal penitentiary, grasped the ...

investing in a prison for violent offenders shouldn't spark outrage. X account WarClandestine defended Trump's plan on symbolic grounds, arguing that the value of Alcatraz lies not in cost ...

Despite many believing that reopening the notorious San Francisco prison would be unrealistic and expensive, officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons are said to have visited the island last week.

The sprawling site is in disrepair, with peeling paint and rusting locks and cell bars. Signs reading “Area closed for your ...

Despite the atrocities that occurred there, over the last few decades, Alcatraz Island has offered tours of the grounds to locals and visitors alike year-round. But recently, this prison has (once ...

Visitors take a round-trip ferry to walk the grounds and spend $60 ... Part of Mr. Trump's plan is to rebuild Alcatraz into a "substantially enlarged" prison, which could house up to 336 prisoners.

“The birds can go in and out. And they chose to come there.” ...

Alcatraz prison held fewer than 300 inmates at a time before it was ... Signs reading "Area closed for your safety" block off access to many parts of the grounds. Chemical toilets sit next to ...