Trump ordered multiple agencies to rebuild the penitentiary, which was closed in 1963 over high operating costs and has been ...

President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive ...

The infamous San Francisco prison shut down in 1963 is being looked at by several federal agencies to possibly be reopened. A ...

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over the last few years, including widespread criminal activity by employees, ...

President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San Francisco.

Alcatraz Federal ... closed in 1963 after nearly 30 years in operation primarily due to high operating costs and the deteriorating condition of the facility, according to the Bureau of Prisons.

Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Alcatraz Island, long closed as a federal prison and now one of San Francisco's most visited tourist sites, may see a revival ...

President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison ... a decade after it was closed as a prison. The park service says the island gets more than 1 million visitors ...

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has ordered several agencies to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, an infamous federal penitentiary that closed in ... Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department ...

Several of Alcatraz's prisoners ... they were sent back to another federal prison to complete their sentence. The prison on Alcatraz closed on March 21, 1963, because it was too expensive to ...

Alcatraz Island hasn't been used as a federal penitentiary since 1963. It had a capacity of roughly 300 people.