Posted on 05/04/2025 6:08:14 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
Alcatraz, the once-infamous maximum-security prison located on a remote island in the San Francisco Bay, has been closed for over 60 years. Now, President Trump has announced plans to bring it back. Trump said the move would restore Alcatraz as a powerful symbol of law, order, and justice.
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Trolling, Trolling, Trolling!
Keep them libtards foaming!
He should hire El Salvador to design it and outsource management to them. They seem to have the right model, and if ACLU lawyers don’t like it, put them in it.
Dirty Harry ended a movie there. Got me to think the whole Dirty Harry series was an advertisement for tourists to come and visit. So many have been there on the island.
Great idea!
we have been there twice
I think I heard it was closed because it was difficult and expensive to maintain the facility.
But if cost is no object, an island is a great place for a prison.
Reopen Devil’s Island. No need for guards. The sharks do all the work.
Spend a few bucks to fix it up- money DOGE saved from the greedy liberals, and put it to work again. I think it’s a brilliant idea.
We would win and so would the sharks.
Underwater mines for good measure.
The infrastructure is probably there to maintain it now.
Construction could be round the clock. No one could hear the noise. We’d need a bunch of Mexican construction workers.
One of my favorite Streets Of San Francisco episodes.
Letters from the grave.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0711543/
They closed it because it was falling apart. It would cost quite a bit to rebuild. The ocean salt air worked to degrade things.
Now if Trump wanted to build a brand new state of the art supermax somewhere,...
Although if they really are the worst of the worst, I say we just thunderdome them...televise it as a pay per view event. Part of the proceeds go the victims families, other part to reducing national debt.
Prison labor. I knew a sheriff that built a new office out at the prison farm. He was really lucky - folks violated their probation in just the right sequence and at the right time that their construction skills were needed.
I always enjoyed The Running Man, with Richard Dawson as emcee, my own self.
**They closed it because it was falling apart. It would cost quite a bit to rebuild. The ocean salt air worked to degrade things.
Now if Trump wanted to build a brand new state of the art supermax somewhere,...**
It’s the symbolism of the idea. Alcatraz is notorious. Al Capone. was there. Think The Birdman of Alcatraz.
The Native American occupation of Alcatraz, which lasted from November 20, 1969, to June 11, 1971, saw a significant incident involving fires on June 1, 1970. On that day, four historic buildings on the island were consumed by fires, including the Warden's mansion and the lighthouse.
It’s too small. Only has enough cells for 336 inmates. We’d need a much bigger prison. Since Australia turned itself back into a penal colony during Covid, just take the whole continent over and make it an island prison.
You prolly still are there al baby.🤪
omg. They could have chumming tourist tours where they get to feed the sharks nearby!
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