Reaction continued to pour in on Monday in response to President Trump's idea to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison.

The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

When Danielle Reed-Reese, the owner of Queen’s Louisiana Po-boy Cafe on the waterfront side of San Francisco’s Embarcadero, awoke to news that President Donald Trump had said he wanted to turn ...

Homan, Trump's border czar, endorsed the plan on Monday, stating, "We need detention beds." He added that using Alcatraz for immigrant ... swift criticism from local officials.

ALCATRAZ – Visitors to the prison here had mixed reactions Monday to President Donald ... and he finds Trump’s Alcatraz plan not so much far right as far out there. “He can’t be serious ...

Local leaders call Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz 'absurd' Reaction continued to pour in on Monday in response to President Trump's idea to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison.