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.

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.

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

President Donald Trump's proposal to reopen and expand the historic Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary is facing scrutiny over the potential cost of the plan. In a Truth Social post on Sunday ...

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

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

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

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

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

The president is apparently making decisions about America's penitentiary system based on a 46-year-old Clint Eastwood movie.

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