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

President Trump's suggestion to reopen Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary ignores decades of data, deadly mistakes, and public ...

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

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 ...

The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board writes that Trump “should ditch his Alcatraz fantasy and build a new prison at an existing ...

By backing an advisory committee, Gorell is upholding the foundational principles of our constitutional republic: representative government, civic oversight, and public engagement. Cummings ...