Local chapters of federal correctional officer unions already claim that the cancellation of the bonuses has led to resignations at numerous BOP facilities. Reopening Alcatraz would also be redundant.

Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman, a Republican, is pushing a bill that would speed up the process of hiring correctional officers.

Reopening Alcatraz is such a quintessentially Trumpian ... but just to ensure prison officers who’d have to work there are safe — would be a huge task. And the administration’s cavalier ...

Alcatraz was not closed in 1963 because America suddenly went soft on crime. It was shut down because the institution itself had become unsustainable — economically, physically, and morally.

President Donald Trump said on May 4 that he is ordering the Federal Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay that closed more than six decades ago.

He likes to talk tough on criminals but pardoned the Jan. 6 rioters who attacked Congress and injured Capitol Police officers. To the editor: A quick visit to Alcatraz (or a cursory Google search ...

That same executive order promised to provide new legal protections for law enforcement and even help cover costs if an officer is sued. So when we talk about Alcatraz, don’t write it off as a ...

Some activists eventually left, and law enforcement officers forcibly removed the last occupants in 1971. Alcatraz became a national park in 1973. It is visited by more than 1.2 million people ...