EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration eyes Alcatraz reopening to house nation’s ‘worst of the worst’

Fox News ^ | 7/17/25 | Jasmine Baehr, David Spunt

[Libloather]

Does San Fran have gators?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Does San Fran have gators?

No, but lots of sharks in the bay.

[Sacajaweau]

A few Piranha might work...

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

If the sharks dont get em hypothermia most certainly will. Win win

[Ciaphas Cain]

Terrible idea. Alcatraz was in bad shape when it closed. The walls had been weakened enough by the sea air, that's why Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers were able to tunnel out of their cells.

No doubt the infrastructure of the facility has only gotten worse since then.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If the sharks dont get em hypothermia most certainly will. Win win

Or the tide will carry them out to sea.

[frank ballenger]

Alcatraz
by Leon Russell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4dY6hYIeRo

[Quickgun]

I suppose the entire facility could be demolished and rebuilt. The location is certainly pretty secure.

[frank ballenger]

They deliberately added hot water plumbing in the past so the inmates’ bodies wouldn’t be accustomed to the cold water and survive the hypothermia of the cold water in an escape.

[Antihero101607]

𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴?

If anybody escapes the island and make it back to land, they’d have to deal with piles of human feces, used needles, homeless, and other disturbed individuals. Seems like it would be less of a hassle just to stay in prison.

[Theoria]

The entire West is full of uninhabited federal land. Built a large, new complex that would provided work there. Alcatraz is a waste in many forms, especially with it being in California.

[stanne]

Hell do it too. He knows better than anyone how to renovate an old structure. He’s doing it to our government

This Epstein thing is nothing but a rats nest

[digger48]

I think he’s just trolling Gruesome again to get a rise out of him

It works everytime

[Clutch Martin]

Very Bad Idea... very costly asbestos removal, logictic nightmare, not rehab friendly.

Probably more fiscally responsible to lay one out in Nev or Utah.

[Widget Jr]

Growing up, my next door neighbor worked in Alcatraz as a corrections officer after World War II.

By then, the salt water had corroded the steel and decayed the concrete severely, some places were so decayed they were closed off for safety reasons. The birds had even taken over some of it and would attack anyone going into their turf.

Alcatraz would need complete ground up rebuilding to make it any more than a museum.

Trump likes to talk this way to shake things up and rattle people, he knows there is no way Congress will go along with this.

[Mark]

OR Chicago.

[digger48]

He likes to get conversations started

Even if they don’t pan out.

Who would have thought we’d have Alligator Alcatraz just 6 weeks ago?

[Judge Bean]

Use the money he just saved from the Railway boondoggle recession to pay for it.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Money would be better spent in the far, far end of the Aleutian chain.

[DIRTYSECRET]

**He likes to get conversations started. Even if they don’t pan out.**

Don’t see it happening. Bondi/Bergum-good way to get the conversation started but a mini-junket paid for by us?