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.

As the Trump administration takes its first steps to open the infamous Alcatraz, California politicians Gov. Gavin Newsom, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Mayor Daniel Lurie agree the plan is "not a serious ...

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.

On a Monday morning visit to Alcatraz, foreign tourists were only slightly less critical of the president's plan to make it a federal penitentiary again than the Democratic pols who run San Francisco.

President Donald Trump’s Sunday announcement of plans to reopen San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island as a prison has irked San Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” ...

California lawmakers, from both parties, have laughed off Trump's proposal. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), whose district includes Alcatraz, called the president's plan “not a serious one.” ...

In 1963, the Alcatraz prison closed and was later converted ... House and San Francisco’s Congressional Representative, Nancy Pelosi, dismissed the idea quickly, labeling it as “not a serious ...

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

President Donald Trump on Sunday night announced his plans to open the doors of Alcatraz, the island prison in San Francisco Bay, to inmates for the first time in more than a half century. Minutes ...

California Rep. Nancy Pelosi was quick to point out that Alcatraz is now a popular national park and major tourist attraction in a social media post claiming “The President’s proposal is not a ...