According to the National Park Service, Alcatraz draws roughly 1.6 million visitors each year and generates about $60 million ...

Despite many believing that reopening the notorious San Francisco prison would be unrealistic and expensive, officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons are said to have visited the island last week.

Now, with the announcement that President Trump plans to reopen the infamous jail which closed in 1963, fans have had a strong reaction after Hartman's iconic turn as an Alcatraz tour guide in ...

Aerial view of Alcatraz Prison, a National Parks site on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, taken on May 5, 2025. REUTERS The Issue: President Trump suggesting the reopening of ...

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 ...

Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

The site handed was over to the National Park Service in 1972, and it opened to the public a year ... are pretty stark. "My reaction was two words: water and sewage," Alcatraz historian Jolene ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to explore the coast of... Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. Here's a look at ...

President Trump expressed interest in reopening the infamous Alcatraz penitentiary Sunday ... to the National Park Service for display to the public at the island, Feb. 10, 1978.

Alcatraz Island opened to the public in 1973 and was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.Credit...Ian C. Bates for The New York Times Supported by By Heather Knight Reporting from ...