California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D), whose district includes San Francisco, said Thursday that while the idea of reopening Alcatraz as a prison is “absurd on so many levels,” people shouldn’t writ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to convert Alcatraz back into a maximum-security prison could cost roughly $2 billion, Axios reported on Friday citing administration sources.

Under President Trump’s plan, it would become part of the Bureau of Prisons under the Justice Department.