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Alcatraz 2.0: Fmr. FBI agent floats 'perfect' new prison site that would scare even most hardened criminals
A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks ...
Newsom calls President Trump's order to reopen Alcatraz a "colossally bad fiscal idea"
California Governor Gavin Newsom said nothing about President Trump's order to reopen and rebuild the notorious Alcatraz ...
Alcatraz visitors react to Trump: From 'the man's a moron' to 'idea seems good'
Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.
Trump pushes to reopen Alcatraz, but Pelosi and Newsom dismiss it as a 'distraction'
As President Donald Trump's administration takes its first steps to open the infamous Alcatraz, California politicians Mayor ...
How Alcatraz became America’s most notorious prison
President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again. It comes more than 60 years after the California ...
When was Alcatraz built? Why was Alcatraz closed six decades ago?
President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San ...
‘Welcome to the Rock!’ 6 Alcatraz Movies That’ll Lock You In—Starring Clint Eastwood to Sean Connery
It's difficult to think of Alcatraz and not hear Sean Connery's accented voice proclaiming, "Welcome to the Rock!," but there ...
Reopening Alcatraz to inmates is a “ridiculous notion” (Letters)
Even Elon Musk would have to chainsaw the idea of having to send ships of materials and laborers — and eventually prisoners ...