SAN FRANCISCO: US President Donald Trump stated on Sunday (Might 4) that he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the notorious Alcatraz jail within the San Francisco Bay to “home America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders”.
“REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” he posted on the Fact Social platform. “Once we have been a extra severe Nation, in occasions previous, we didn’t hesitate to lock up essentially the most harmful criminals, and preserve them distant from anybody they may hurt.”
The federal jail at Alcatraz housed infamous US criminals akin to Al Capone earlier than it closed in 1963. It’s now one among San Francisco’s hottest vacationer locations.
“Right now, I’m directing the Bureau of Prisons, along with the Division of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Safety, to reopen a considerably enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ,” Trump wrote.
Trump advised reporters as he returned to the White Home from Florida, that reopening the jail was “Simply an thought I’ve had” and determined to behave on.
“It is a image of legislation and order,” he stated.
Alcatraz was billed as America’s most safe jail, given the island’s location, frigid waters and powerful currents. No profitable escapes have been ever formally recorded from Alcatraz, although 5 prisoners are listed as “lacking and presumed drowned.”
The jail was closed as a result of it was too costly to proceed working, in response to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) web site, largely resulting from its island location. It was almost thrice extra expensive to function than some other federal jail, the BOP web site stated.
Nancy Pelosi, former Home speaker and Democratic lawmaker from California, downplayed the Republican president’s plan.
“Alcatraz closed as a federal penitentiary greater than 60 years in the past. It’s now a very talked-about nationwide park and main vacationer attraction. The president’s proposal is just not a severe one,” she stated in a publish on X.
