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