The President said he wants to restore the legendary island prison, which was closed decades ago and converted into a tourist attraction, to push back against “radicalized judges.” ...

The federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, is where convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout was released in exchange for the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russia. The prison has a ...

RFK, Jr, ordered its closure and replacement by a new maximum security prison in Marion, Illinois, in 1963. The most thrilling Alcatraz story isn’t about people trying to escape the island but ...

It adds, "The model they developed on Alcatraz would later serve as a blueprint for the high security federal prison located in Marion, Illinois." Since returning to the White House in January ...

But the prison closed in March 1963 ... it was succeeded by two supermax prisons: “New Alcatraz” in Marion, Illinois, and the “Alcatraz of the Rockies” in Florence, Colorado.

It adds, ”The model they developed on Alcatraz would later serve as a blueprint for the high security federal prison located in Marion, Illinois.“ Since returning to the White House in January, Trump ...