Alcatraz Prison Building to Undergo Multimillion-Dollar Renovation

The main prison building on Alcatraz Island offshore from San Francisco will undergo a major overhaul thanks to $63 million in federal funding. The building’s hospital wing and exterior walls will be renovated, which is expected to be completed by 2027. California-based Tutor Perini Corporation construction company has won a $48.6 million contract to shore-up deterioration and structural deficiencies on Alcatraz’s main building—which also includes the hospital, as well as administration offices and the central cell house—according to a statement from the company. It is the third Alcatraz project the company has managed. The company said it expects work to begin on the project this month and be completed by the summer of 2027....