Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged after ...

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls the plan a "stupid notion that would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer ...

The US president's plea for the funding to rebuild the jail, which closed in 1963, appeared in a White House budget proposal ...

The White House is seeking $152 million to reopen Alcatraz, closed since 1963, as a state-of-the-art secure facility for ...

Alcatraz has a reputation as being one of the worst prisons to have ever existed! Find out what a prisoner's life was like ...

The prison on Alcatraz Island wasn't called 'The Rock' for nothing. (National Park Service) When I teach the Civil War, I ...

The White House has asked Congress to approve millions of dollars in funding to turn Alcatraz into a “state of the art” ...

US President Donald Trump asked Congress on Friday for $152 million to begin rebuilding the notorious Alcatraz prison, ...

The president proposes turning Alcatraz Island into a 'state-of-the-art' prison facility.

Donald Trump has requested $152 million in a White House budget proposal to reopen the former Alcatraz jail, aiming to ...

Trump wants $152M to plan reopening Alcatraz as a modern federal prison, raising questions about cost, feasibility and the ...