In other words, for Trump, Alcatraz assumes a dual significance: on one hand ... but misery and suffering,' he wrote in the post. THE HISTORY Inaugurated in 1934 in post-Prohibition America ...

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Since first imposing his sweeping “reciprocal” tariff policy, Trump has repeatedly attacked Powell for not lowering the ...

Alcatraz, long since retired and transformed into a tourist attraction, represents a daunting task for prisons director William K. Marshall III. With its historical significance and national landmark ...

The School,” about Oakland’s Hintil Ku’u Ca preschool, premieres this month. The film documents the school’s origins in the ...

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

Alcatraz Island opened to the public in 1973 and was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.Credit...Ian C. Bates for The New York Times Supported by By Heather Knight Reporting from ...

Alcatraz was long considered the most notorious maximum-security prison in the United States and became world-famous through films after its closure in 1963. Today, Alcatraz is a popular tourist ...

A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks would serve as a deterrence for even the worst criminals. Trump called for ...