“The birds can go in and out. And they chose to come there.” ...

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At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

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Alcatraz federal prison closed its doors and moved the remaining inmates to more modern facilities. Today, Alcatraz is one of San Francisco’s top tourist attractions. But now President Trump wants to ...

Even if Alcatraz, which was built to hold somewhat more than 300 inmates, is resurrected and expanded, it’ll hold only a ...

At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning ...

Another ‍prominent ‍Jewish ‍prisoner ‍at ‍Alcatraz ‍was ‍Meyer ‍Harris ‍“Mickey” ‍Cohen, ‍whose ‍parents ‍had ‍immigrated ‍to ...

ALCATRAZ IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TOURISM IN SAN FRANCISCO. I’M RYAN CURRY. SO IT HAS NO UTILITIES. AND HISTORIANS ALSO SAY IT WOULD To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco ...

as well as contact information for a San Francisco attorney who had defended Alcatraz inmates in the past, the files say. The attorney told the FBI he never heard from Morris or the Anglins.