US President Donald Trump is seeking $152m (£115m) to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison as part of his proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year.
Located near San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, the site, also known as The Rock, was once regarded as one of America’s most notorious prisons, but has served as a tourist attraction in recent years.
The budget request is seeking money “to rebuild Alcatraz as a state-of-the-art secure prison facility”, with funds covering the first year of costs.
The plan has been met with scepticism by a number of politicians in California, with questions raised about the final cost of the project and the challenges of running Alcatraz as an active prison.
The maximum security facility was closed in 1963. As a tourist site, it is currently run by the National Park Service.
Alcatraz was closed because it was a scam not worth operating like Trump’s casinos and his marriages.
I thought it was because maintaining an island is a bitch and it’s easier to build a prison in the middle of a desert with the same effect IE Fulton.
Yeah so the boat company made money the supply companies. The city and government of San Francisco. Everyone was on the take.
Buddy, $152m won’t even bring it up to code. Not that he cares.
$152 million won’t even bring it up to code. The answer is no. Quit distracting us with this nonsense and just go to Hell. Satan’s waiting.
He’s spending money like crazy on useless stuff we dont need.
The Rock has been on the TV again I see
One of many deeply frustrating things about Trump’s fire hose of terrible and frequently actively evil ideas is that not only do they come in such volumes that it’s overwhelming, but it’s also incredibly hard to tell if something is a brief fixation he will quickly move on from or something that is going to be a recurring issue to deal with.
Which is to say: Christ, he’s back on this one again?
This is so stupid
So apparently water has to be brought to it in tanks. And most of it is crumbling.
It was closed for good reasons.
Lock up the Trump administration there. No heat no nothing f those losers
Kill 2 birds with one stone and make it into a ballroom.
ADX Florence is far stiffer and built for even worse criminals while having much less logistical and operational issues vs. Alcatraz.
The worst part is he’ll probably get it. But ask for $152m to improve infrastructure and Republicans say no while Democrats say “No. #blm :)”
Do we get to put him there when the renovations are done?
Apex symbol politics
Build one on Mars
