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 ...

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

The name Alcatraz still elicits thoughts about the shady characters kept in isolating (and poor) conditions that made the former federal prison infamous. Alcatraz was nicknamed “The Rock” for ...

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.

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.

This led to Young’s conviction on a lesser charge, on the grounds that Alcatraz was the true culprit; the foreman of the jury went so far as to call for a federal investigation into the prison ...

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 ...

Alcatraz prison held fewer than 300 inmates at a time ... closed for your safety” block off access to many parts of the grounds. Chemical toilets sit next to permanent restrooms closed off ...

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