Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said the effort to reopen the dilapidated former prison is a "diversionary tactic." ...

President Trump is pushing to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison, but the plan faces major hurdles, including steep ...

Two federal officials traveled to California to visit the shuttered Alcatraz prison, part of a plan to soon announce the ...

Alcatraz was first used as a jail during the American Civil War. It later became a federal penitentiary in 1934, closing less than 30 years later.

The Trump administration is taking steps toward reopening Alcatraz to house detained immigrants and criminals. The notorious ...

Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz described limited access to water and fresh air, saying they received only one meal a day and ...

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi took aim at Trump Wednesday night, calling his plan to reopen Alcatraz his "stupidest initiative ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi visited the infamous Alcatraz prison in the San Francisco Bay on Thursday, weeks after ...

Top officials of President Donald Trump’s administration visited Alcatraz island in San Francisco Thursday as part of an effort to reopen the tourist attraction as a federal penitentiary.

Explore Alligator Alcatraz’s controversies, from harsh conditions to political motivations under the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.

( NewsNation) — Former acting director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Hugh Hurwitz says reviving and reopening Alcatraz, ...