Friday, April 3, 2026

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Alcatraz Nostalgia?

Tami Luhby / CNN:
Trump wants $152 million to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz as a secure prison  —  President Donald Trump is seeking $152 million to cover the first year of costs to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison as a secure facility.  —  The funds, requested as part of the White House's budget blueprint …
Noe Padilla / USA Today:   Trump requests $152M to turn Alcatraz Island into federal prisonSophie Brams / The Hill:   Trump seeks $152M to rebuild Alcatraz as ‘state-of-the-art secure prison’Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Trump seeks $152 million to reopen Alcatraz as active prison  —  The White House on Friday sought $152 million to return the former Alcatraz prison island to active duty, following up on President Donald Trump's call last year to transform the popular San Francisco Bay tourist destination. New York Times:   Trump Seeks $152 Million to Begin to Turn Alcatraz Back Into a Prison
This reporter was unaware that Federal Prisons can no longer hold prisoners, & the only possible recourse is to put The Rock back in business. The only recent escapes from Federal Prisons? Low-security, minimum-risk inmates leaving satellite camps, to quote a robot.

And a human:
Peterson noted that escapes from minimum-security facilities, like halfway houses, are much more common than those at jails and prisons. Federal data shows escape offenses accounted for less than one percent (0.4%) of all federal offenses between 2017 and 2021.
Think of the hundreds of convicts Trump pardoned. Maybe Alcatraz will be reserved for all the Democrats, "antifa" & others he keeps saying should be locked up. This reporter will not be taken alive.

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