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Posted on 07/17/2025 6:40:00 PM PDT by Libloather
EXCLUSIVE: Fox News was granted access to Alcatraz Island Thursday as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured the infamous former prison in San Francisco at the direction of President Donald Trump.
The visit was part of an official review to determine whether the site could be brought back into use as a high-security federal detention center.
"This was an idea of the president," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained during a White House briefing Thursday in Washington, D.C. "He spoke about it in May and directed his administration to review a reopening plan for Alcatraz if it is possible."
After Trump’s May 5 announcement about reopening Alcatraz as a working prison, Bondi and Burgum joined Fox News correspondent David Spunt to visit "the Rock" to receive a briefing on the site and assess the 91-year-old former federal prison's infrastructure.
The visit, which included walk-throughs of the main cell blocks and off-limits areas normally closed to the public, was a fact-finding mission and not an official announcement of reopening.
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Never going to happen. I’ve never been there but I have family that lived in SF for 30 years and have seen the inside and what shape its in
They’d have to raze it and start from scratch
Rebuilding the Alcatraz Prison would be money well spent. It won’t need an A/C system.
Idk. The guards might like some AC.
“Idk. The guards might like some AC.”
On a really hot day they may be able to turn the heaters off!
it’s not gonna happen ... the cost to renovate alcatraz would buy ten brand new prisons ... the place is absolutely decrepit ...
Utterly stupid idea. Wouldn’t last an hour before getting shot down. It meets no standard whatsoever for a modern prison.
There is no “reopening” of Alcatraz.
It would be rebuilt down to the rock, hundreds of millions.
Anyone who has been there knows that
Bad idea, build a new prison in the desert if needed
Reopening Alcatraz would be too expensive.
It would be a lot cheaper to emulate Joe Arpiro’s model of a tent city in the Arizona desert. Maybe on one of the Aleutian islands in Alaska.
I believe Greenland is available
Perfect parking spot for the Deep State cons once they start getting fitted for their orange jumpsuits - Obama, Brennan, Comey...
In the middle of the SF Bay? It has a built in AC, I’d think.
Adak wouldn't be a bad idea, rebuilding it would cost less than Alcatraz.
Indeed. This is a pipe dream.
Probably one of the few people who can make that determination is Trump working with structural engineers since he build 92 story buildings and dozens of renovations throughout New York City.
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