Trump Continues With Plan to Convert Alcatraz Back Into Federal Prison

The president said “various prison development firms” are looking into working on the project.
Trump Continues With Plan to Convert Alcatraz Back Into Federal Prison
Alcatraz Island near San Francisco on Aug. 16, 2024. Photo by Loren Elliott/Getty Images
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SAN FRANCISCO—In a July 1 Truth Social post, President Donald Trump talked about the current status of his plan to reopen Alcatraz Island as a maximum-security prison, saying that “conceptual work started six months ago.”
He said that “because of the Violence and Criminality“ he’s seen resulting from the open border policy of the Biden administration and the flood of illegal immigrants, he ”wanted something representative to show how we fight back.”