the government closed Alcatraz because it was too expensive to run — costing three times as much as most other federal prisons. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, in a statement posted Sunday to ...

The FBI’s investigation of the escape uncovered an “ingenious” plan devised over several ... other Federal prison,” according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website. After it closed ...

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has ordered several agencies to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, an infamous federal penitentiary that closed in ... Federal Bureau of Prisons, the ...

Alcatraz Federal ... closed in 1963 after nearly 30 years in operation primarily due to high operating costs and the deteriorating condition of the facility, according to the Bureau of Prisons.

The Bureau of Prisons o perates at least 120 federal institutions and ... in December that it planned to close several facilities. Alcatraz closed as a penitentiary in 1963, according to the ...