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Welcome to Alcatraz Interactive Prison! Single file, please.
Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be coming through ...
Why We Can’t Escape Alcatraz
Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...
To reopen Alcatraz, you might have to rebuild the whole thing, historians say
To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.
Why experts say Trump's plan to reopen San Francisco's Alcatraz is a 'logistical black hole'
In the post, Trump said he was directing the DOJ, FBI and Department of Homeland Security to look into rebuilding and ...
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Alcatraz was too expensive to keep open
At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...
Alcatraz as a Prison? Tourists Say Trump Is on His Own Island.
At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning ...
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
Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...
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What reopening Alcatraz could mean for San Francisco
President Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz Island as a federal prison raises more questions than answers for a beloved San ...
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 ...