Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to make the facility operational again.

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.

In 1955, Hopkins was sent to Alcatraz - a prison on an isolated island off the coast of San Francisco - after causing trouble ...

The island that once housed some of the country's most notorious names has been a popular tourist draw for decades.

Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to turn Alcatraz back into a prison.

The facility on Alcatraz Island has been a tourist attraction under the National Parks Service for longer than it operated as ...

On social media, Trump said that he was directing federal agencies to "reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America’s most ruthless and violent Offende ...

A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks ...

President Donald Trump said he's directing federal agencies to reopen the federal prison at Alcatraz, which closed in 1963 over cost concerns and is now a popular tourist attraction.

President Donald Trump says he wants Alcatraz to be returned to use as a maximum-security prison. Here's what to know about ...

Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged ...