Open up 'The Rock'? Well, it's traditional, I guess.
I imagine, the way things are trending, that the President sees a need to expand the penal system.
I think he probably is right, no matter how things go, we're going to need some cells handy~
President Donald Trump wants to reopen San Francisco's infamous Alcatraz Island as a modern federal prison and is requesting $152 million in funding from Congress to begin the project, according to a proposed 2027 budget plan.
In the Department of Justice budget request, the president proposed turning Alcatraz Island into a "state-of-the-art" secure prison facility. It currently operates as a tourist attraction in the San Francisco Bay. As part of the budget request, the administration noted that it would pull funding from the president's Working Families Tax Cut Act, also known as the "One Big, Beautiful Bill."
The request was tucked into a proposed budget the White House released to fund the government for the 2027 fiscal year. Such spending requests are typically treated by lawmakers in Congress as suggestions.
The facility, which opened in 1934 as a maximum-security prison, held notorious criminals like Chicago gangster Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly and Robert Stroud. The prison was open for about 29 years before the federal government shut it down in 1963, after determining it was too expensive to operate.
I imagine, the way things are trending, that the President sees a need to expand the penal system.
I think he probably is right, no matter how things go, we're going to need some cells handy~
Trump requests $152M to turn Alcatraz Island into federal prison
The president proposes turning Alcatraz Island into a 'state-of-the-art' prison facility.
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President Donald Trump wants to reopen San Francisco's infamous Alcatraz Island as a modern federal prison and is requesting $152 million in funding from Congress to begin the project, according to a proposed 2027 budget plan.
In the Department of Justice budget request, the president proposed turning Alcatraz Island into a "state-of-the-art" secure prison facility. It currently operates as a tourist attraction in the San Francisco Bay. As part of the budget request, the administration noted that it would pull funding from the president's Working Families Tax Cut Act, also known as the "One Big, Beautiful Bill."
The request was tucked into a proposed budget the White House released to fund the government for the 2027 fiscal year. Such spending requests are typically treated by lawmakers in Congress as suggestions.
The facility, which opened in 1934 as a maximum-security prison, held notorious criminals like Chicago gangster Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly and Robert Stroud. The prison was open for about 29 years before the federal government shut it down in 1963, after determining it was too expensive to operate.
