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Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be coming through ...
Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...
President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive ...
President Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...
Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, James "Whitey" Bulger, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz" all served time at the ...
President Donald Trump's surprise announcement over the weekend that he wanted to reopen and expand the notorious Alcatraz ...
Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to make the facility operational again.
To some in this city, turning Alcatraz back into a prison would be a crime. “The Rock” closed 62 years ago, and San Francisco ...
At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning ...
The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board writes that Trump “should ditch his Alcatraz fantasy and build a new prison at an existing ...
THERE ON THE HOME PAGE. HISTORIANS SAY PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PLAN TO REOPEN AND EXPAND ALCATRAZ WOULD REQUIRE TEARING DOWN THE OLD BUILDINGS, AND THAT TAKES AWAY TOURISM DOLLARS. HERE’S KCRA 3’S ...
President Trump has proposed turning Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary back into a working prison. The island prison off the ...