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.

National Parks Conservation Association Rejects Transfer Proposal for Alcatraz as President Trump Calls for a Review to ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom is not holding his breath for the Trump administration to follow through on reopening ...

Reopening Alcatraz as a federal prison is widely considered a poor idea due to its high cost, legal complexity, and symbolic ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz as part of the plan to potentially reopen the ...

The McCarran-Walter Act also contains several provisions that subject most immigration court decisions such as removal or asylum to judicial review in federal courts. That can happen on direct appeal ...

President Donald Trump’s proposal to convert Alcatraz Island back into a high-security penitentiary would threaten millions ...

US Attorney General Pam Bondi visited Alcatraz prison, weeks after President Donald Trump said he would order the ...

Top Trump administration officials visited Alcatraz Thursday morning as part of the controversial plan to reopen the federal ...

Alcatraz is one of San Francisco's biggest sightseeing attractions, but on Thursday two members of the Trump administration toured the former federal prison, indicating they were on a mission to ...

The Alcatraz visit by Trump administration officials has received a strong reaction from members of various communities here in the Bay Area. Save the Bay Executive Director David Lewis spoke to ABC7 ...