Trump says he wants to reopen Alcatraz. What is it? Why did the prison close?
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President Donald Trump said on May 4 that he is ordering the Federal Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay that closed more than six decades ago.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he wanted to reopen the prison to "house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders."
"The reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE," he wrote.
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