Trump says he wants to reopen Alcatraz. What is it? Why did the prison close?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Donald Trump said on May 4 that he is ordering the Federal Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay that closed more than six decades ago.

Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he wanted to reopen the prison to "house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders."

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When did Alcatraz shut down and why?

The prison on Alcatraz closed on March 21, 1963, because it was too expensive to continue operating, according to BOP.

It was nearly three times more expensive to operate Alcatraz than any other federal prison, in part because its physical isolation required food and supplies to be dropped off by boat.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-wants-reopen-alcatraz-115055630.html

And it'll be expensive to rebuild the thing. Fucking dumbass doesn't think this stuff through.

[Blue Owl]

1. Does Dump understand the irony of his constant talk of prisons...

When he himself is a convicted criminal who SHOULD be in prison himself???

[patphil]

2. This is where he wants to put his personal enemies.

Actually it's a good place to put him and each and every person he appointed to office this year.

[Tadams01KC]

3. Deteriorated

I thought the concrete walls were deteriorated from the salt water air.

[NotASurfer]

4. And it does kind of sit in earthquake territory

In that foreseeable - and widespread - emergency, you might not be able to keep track of every prisoner, alternate facilities nearby would likely also be damaged or inoperable, and transportation would be all but impossible.

[lees1975]

5. Like just about everything else he pops up with this is more bullshit.

He listens to all the populist gossip, conspiracy theories and stupidity circulating around and thinks he can gain some kind of benefit by making it happen. Opening Alcatraz is a mantra of those who think we don't jail enough criminals and that's why our crime rate is so high, even though it's not really that high. It's to appease another group of dumbass Americans who believe lies.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. In a just world, he should be housed there.

With his more Nazi loving pals.c
THAT would justify spending a few bucks to fix it up just for them.
He can have his library there also.