The White House on Friday requested $152 million to begin reopening Alcatraz as an operational prison. The funding proposal, included in the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget request, ...

Donald Trump’s administration requested $152 million to begin restoring Alcatraz into "a state-of-the-art secure prison facility" The White House requested the sum for the proposed San Francisco Bay ...

House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed President Trump’s push to reopen the historic Alcatraz prison near San Francisco as “the stupidest initiative put forth by this administration” on ...

Alcatraz Island suddenly shuts for tourists weeks after Trump demands $150M to reopen it as infamous prison - California ...

US President Donald Trump is seeking $152m (£115m) to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison as part of his proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year. Located near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, the ...

U.S. Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited Alcatraz on Thursday in preparation for announcing plans to reopen the prison. Critics, including San Francisco’s mayor and former ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Attorney General Pam Bondi visited Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in California on Thursday, just two months after President Trump ordered the reopening of the ...

By Nate Raymond April 3 (Reuters) - The White House on Friday sought $152 million to return the former Alcatraz prison island to active duty, following up on President Donald Trump's call last year to ...

The original Alcatraz housed convicted federal prisoners, while the new facility detains individuals under immigration enforcement, often without legal representation. Critics argue that the new ...

On a lonely island, in the middle of San Francisco Bay, the now abandoned Alcatraz prison sits silently. Dubbed the world’s most secure prison, it has long been thought that no one has ever escaped ...