Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison for ‘most ruthless offenders’ | US prisons

Donald Trump said he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alkatraz, the former reputable prison on an island off. San Francisco This has been closed for more than 60 years.

In a publication on his social site, in fact, on Sunday evening, Trump wrote: “For a long time, America was afflicted with criminals and violence, and they repeated the criminal perpetrators, and the level of society, who will never contribute to anything other than misery and suffering.

He added: “For this reason, today, I direct the Prison Office, along with the Ministry of Justice and the Federal Investigation Office and Internal Security, to reopen and rebuild them to accommodate the most severe perpetrators in America.”

Trump’s directive to rebuild and reopen the suspended prison for a long time is the latest Salvo in his efforts to fix how and location of federal prisoners and immigration.

But this step is likely to be expensive and difficult. The prison was closed in 1963 due to the collapse of the infrastructure and the high cost to repair and supply the island’s facility, because everything from fuel to food had to be brought by the boat.

Raising the facility to modern era will require huge investments at a time when the Federal Prisons Office was to close prisons to similar infrastructure issues.

The island is now a major tourism site managed by the National Park service and is a dedicated national historical landmark.

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy PelosiDemocratic Democrat in California, which includes the island, questioned the feasibility of reopening the prison. “It is now a very popular national garden and a major tourist attraction. The president’s suggestion is not dangerous,” she wrote on X.

The prison – which was considered inevitable due to the strong peripheral currents and the cold Pacific waters that surrounded it – is known as “The Rock” and included some of the most famous criminals in the country, including Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly.

Within 29 years, 36 men tried 14 separate escapes, according to the FBI. Almost all of them were arrested or not survived.

The destinies of three prisoners – the brothers John and Clarence Angelin, and Frank Morris – is the subject of some discussion, with their theatrical story in the movie Escape from Alcatraz starring Clint Eastwood.

A prison office spokesman said in a statement that the agency “will comply with all presidential orders.” They did not immediately answer questions from the Associated Press in relation to the practical application of the feasibility and reopening of the Consaring or the role of the Agency’s potential in the future of the previous prison, given the control of the national park service on the island.

It comes as Trump came Clash with courts While the gang members are tried to accused to the Aqsa Security Prison in El Salvador, without legal procedures. Trump also put forward the legal idea to send some federal American prisoners to the terrorist detention center, known as Cecot.

Trump also directed the opening of a detention center in Guantenamo Bay in Cuba, carrying up to 30,000 of what he called “the worst forensic foreigners”.