Here's what to know: Background: Alcatraz Island was originally the site of a military fort between 1850 and 1933, per the BOP. The "maximum-security, minimum-privilege penitentiary" opened on the ...

(AP Photo/Noah Berger) A visitor looks at the warden's house at Alcatraz Island on Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) With San Francisco in the background, Alcatraz ...

With San Francisco in the background, Alcatraz Island is pictured on Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. [AP Photo/Noah Berger] President Trump announced May 4 that he is directing his ...

The reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" Background: Alcatraz Island was originally the site of a military fort in the 19th ...

“Angel and Alcatraz Islands in the bay would be within ... ‘I’ve never had a better background.’” Democrat Rep. Wayne Aspinall of Colorado, chairman of the House Committee on the ...

Reopening Alcatraz is such a quintessentially Trumpian idea that it’s a miracle the president didn’t try to do it before. Locking down offenders in tiny cells on an island surrounded by ...

President Trump expressed interest in reopening the infamous Alcatraz penitentiary Sunday after a South Florida TV station aired the 1979 Clint Eastwood film “Escape from Alcatraz.” ...

The same is true of Alcatraz, or as President Donald Trump put it in a Truth Social post announcing his intention to reopen the prison in San Francisco Bay, ALCATRAZ. In his post, Trump declared ...

From Al Capone to George "Machine Gun" Kelly, more than 1,500 men were incarcerated at Alcatraz during the nearly 30 years it was in operation in the San Francisco Bay. The infamous prison-turned ...

WASHINGTON — Border czar Tom Homan said Monday that President Trump’s proposal to reopen the notorious Alcatraz prison could help Immigration and Customs Enforcement solve a shortage of ...

Trump's directive has revived debate over the prison that once held Al Capone. President Donald Trump's surprise announcement over the weekend that he wanted to reopen and expand the notorious ...