President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive ...

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board writes that Trump “should ditch his Alcatraz fantasy and build a new prison at an existing ...

President Trump’s suggestion to reopen Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary ignores decades of data, deadly mistakes, and public ...

Letters include how public confidence in elections must be actively maintained; and a suggestion for the first inmate if ...

That’s because Alcatraz ... Opinion Editor Stephanie Finucane. We base our opinions on reporting by our colleagues in the news section, and our own reporting and interviews. Our members attend ...

President Trump wants to bring back Alcatraz—not as a museum for history ... It’s a move that feels less about public safety and more about raw assertion of power—an unmistakable message ...