The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.

Reaction continued to pour in on Monday in response to President Trump's idea to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison.

Can it be a coincidence that South Florida’s most powerful social media provocateur called for the resurrection of a decrepit ...

Reopening it is nostalgia for an America where power ran roughshod over true justice, and police were an authority not to be ...

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

When Danielle Reed-Reese, the owner of Queen’s Louisiana Po-boy Cafe on the waterfront side of San Francisco’s Embarcadero, awoke to news that President Donald Trump had said he wanted to turn ...

It’s not clear if Trump watched his local outlet’s airing of “Escape from Alcatraz,” though his press conference seemed to allude to its premise. The movie is based on a true story about a ...

Alcatraz Island, Calif ... Several state and local Democrats issued muted reactions, dismissing Trump’s plan as a lark meant to divert attention from other negative headlines, including ...

ALCATRAZ – Visitors to the prison here had mixed reactions Monday to President Donald Trump’s expressed desire to once again house hardened criminals in the notorious former federal prison.

Local leaders call Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz 'absurd' Reaction continued to pour in on Monday in response to President Trump's idea to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison.