Monday, May 5, 2025

Trump Says He Wants to Reopen Alcatraz as a Functioning Prison

 Trump Says He Wants to Reopen Alcatraz as a Functioning Prison - The New York Times

The project would be extraordinarily expensive at a time when the administration already plans to cut billions of dollars from the Justice Department’s budget.

It has been more than six decades since Alcatraz, which sits in San Francisco Bay, operated as a prison. Today it is best known as a damp, frigid and nostalgic staple of tourist packages and children’s field trips.Credit...Jim Wilson/The New York Times