ALCATRAZ – Visitors to the prison here had mixed reactions Monday to President Donald Trump’s expressed desire to once again house hardened criminals in the notorious former federal prison.

REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” Trump wrote, decrying what he called a national crisis of “vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal ...

Trump’s plan marks a stark shift in correctional policy, as Alcatraz has long been considered a relic of the past. The prison gained notoriety in the 20th century as a maximum-security institution ...

In a move that has ignited political and public debate across the United States, President Donald Trump has floated the idea of reopening the infamous Alcatraz prison, calling it a ...

President Donald Trump floated the idea of renovating and reopening Alcatraz, but the negative reactions might sink it before it can swim. First of all, estimates for how much renovation and ...

Later in the segment, co-anchor Michael Che riffed on Donald Trump wanting to reopen the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay in order to “house America’s most ruthless ...

To the editor: My first reaction to President Trump’s suggestion that Alcatraz be reopened (at great cost) was “no way” (“Trump orders Alcatraz prison to reopen for ‘most ruthless and vi ...

Kate Nalepinski is a Newsweek journalist based in New York City. Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Alcatraz Island, long closed as a federal prison and now one ...

Comes mutterings about San Francisco’s tough prison Alcatraz coming back. The famous “Rock,” as the impregnable jail was called, is an island in tough surrounding water making escapes near ...