Donald Trump has said he is ordering his government to reopen and expand notorious Californian prison Alcatraz. The US ...

US President Donald Trump has ordered the reopening and expansion of a notorious prison, which was shut down in 1963.

The island facility has been used as a fort, a military prison, and for housing some of America’s most notorious criminals ...

President Trump orders Alcatraz prison to reopen for America’s most ruthless and violent offenders amid controversy.

From fortress-like isolation to cutting-edge surveillance, these seven prisons are designed to be escape-proof.

Some prisons aren’t just built to keep people in, they’re built to erase any hope of getting out. Toughest prisons in the world [YouTube] A prison, by definition, is meant to be a place of ...

The reopening of Alcatraz - once notorious as one of the US's toughest prisons - would serve as a "symbol of law, order, and ...

The reopening of Alcatraz - once notorious as one of the US's toughest prisons - would serve as a "symbol of law, order, and justice," he said. "Today, I am directing the Bureau of Prisons ...