President Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island that's been closed for more than 60 years.

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

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.

The President said he wants to restore the legendary island prison, which was closed decades ago and converted into a tourist ...

Alcatraz Island hasn't been used as a federal penitentiary since 1963. It had a capacity of roughly 300 people.

The White House is backtracking after President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he was renaming Veterans Day.

The president said he wants “vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders” to be incarcerated in the island prison, which ...

Trump Jr. floated the idea of turning Alcatraz back into a prison, but it seemed he was making one of his attempted jokes on social media.

Legal experts told Fox News on Monday that President Trump could "absolutely" reopen Alcatraz off the California coast but could face legal challenges.

Staff from the Federal Bureau of Prisons visited the infamous site this week under instructions from Donald Trump ...

As it goes for so many real estate developers here, President Donald Trump’s dreams of building in California could get derailed by regulations.

Trump ordered multiple agencies to rebuild the penitentiary, which was closed in 1963 over high operating costs and has been a tourist spot for decades.