President Donald Trump has ordered the reopening of the infamous Alcatraz island prison offshore from San Francisco, California. The jail once housed the Chicago mobster Al Capone but closed in 1963 ...

Trump has voiced plans to reopen and enlarge the notorious prison, Alcatraz. Will it actually happen? Here's what to know.

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

Take a look a the most infamous inmates at Alcatraz as President Donald Trump is looking to reopen the prison off the coast ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A proposal by President Donald Trump is getting a lot of attention, including some double takes in the Bay ...

Border czar Tom Homan voiced support for President Donald Trump's proposal to reopen Alcatraz Island as a detention facility, calling it a potential solution to the nation's ongoing immigration ...

Even if Alcatraz, which was built to hold somewhat more than 300 inmates, is resurrected and expanded, it’ll hold only a ...

Legal experts told Fox News on Monday that President Trump could "absolutely" reopen Alcatraz off the California coast but ...

President Trump's recent announcement regarding the potential reopening of Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary has ignited a ...

As if there was a need for more proof that President Donald Trump views his power as a way to indulge in grand gestures on ...

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

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.