President Donald Trump said in a post to Truth Social on Sunday that he is ordering the Bureau of Prisons to reopen and expand the famed Alcatraz Island prison, which lies off the coast of San ...

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Explore the implications of reopening Alcatraz and the systemic targets of Black communities in America's justice system.

“I guess I was supposed to be a moviemaker,” said Donald Trump today when asked why he decided to reopen the infamous prison on Alcatraz Island. Turns out there might be a more prosaic ...

Trump’s plan marks a stark shift in correctional policy, as Alcatraz has long been considered a relic of the past. The prison gained notoriety in the 20th century as a maximum-security institution ...

Trump’s Alcatraz directive is yet another challenge for the Bureau of Prisons as it struggles to fix lingering problems while responding to the president’s priorities on incarceration and ...

Notorious gangster and one-time Alcatraz resident Al Capone.Credit: nna\seathompson Trump’s order comes amid legal battles as he attempts to send accused gang members to a maximum-security ...

Trump wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison and describes the ... deteriorating infrastructure and logistical challenges. Everything, including food, fuel and water, had to be shipped ...

Former President Donald Trump has proposed reopening Alcatraz Island as a federal prison to address what he calls a "national ...