But any serious policy on public safety must begin with one simple truth: we cannot incarcerate our way out of social failure. A reopened Alcatraz would be a billion-dollar monument to mass ...

Himmelman is a writer at work on a book about Alcatraz. When President Trump recently ... had a long and easily summoned history in the public imagination. When the federal penitentiary opened ...

President Trump wants to bring back Alcatraz—not as a museum for history ... It’s a move that feels less about public safety and more about raw assertion of power—an unmistakable message ...

Officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons visited Alcatraz last week and plan to ... Golden Gate National Recreation Area revealed at a public meeting in the Presidio on Thursday.

But any serious policy on public safety must begin with one simple truth: we cannot incarcerate our way out of social failure. A reopened Alcatraz would be a billion-dollar monument to mass ...

But any serious policy on public safety must begin with one simple truth: we cannot incarcerate our way out of social failure. A reopened Alcatraz would be a billion-dollar monument to mass ...