Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

President Trump wants to bring back Alcatraz—not as a museum for history buffs or field trips, but as a fully operational federal prison. This isn’t forward-thinking, but rather old-school ...

But any serious policy on public safety must begin with one simple truth: we cannot incarcerate our way out of social failure. A reopened Alcatraz would be a billion-dollar monument to mass ...

But any serious policy on public safety must begin with one simple truth: we cannot incarcerate our way out of social failure. A reopened Alcatraz would be a billion-dollar monument to mass ...

Alcatraz was also known as a prison that no one escaped from. Trump wants to prove to the public that he is serious about dealing with our country's most dangerous, violent criminals by putting them ...

But any serious policy on public safety must begin with one simple truth: we cannot incarcerate our way out of social failure. A reopened Alcatraz would be a billion-dollar monument to mass ...

That’s because Alcatraz ... Opinion Editor Stephanie Finucane. We base our opinions on reporting by our colleagues in the news section, and our own reporting and interviews. Our members attend ...