LOADING ERROR LOADINGNEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years. AdvertisementAn aerial view shows Alcatraz island in San Francisco, California on May 16, 2024. Alcatraz Island is 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco and initially was a federal prison before being converted into a tourist attraction. Alcatraz Island is now a major tourist site that is operate by the National Park Service and is a designated National Historic Landmark. AdvertisementNative Americans occupying the former federal prison on Alcatraz Island, off the coast of San Francisco, celebrate their Thanksgiving Day feast buffet-style in the exercise yard of the prison, Nov. 28, 1969.

Source: Huffington Post May 05, 2025 08:54 UTC