Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz

[Skinner]

It's part of California's tourist attraction and do we really need another prison, we have more people in prison per capita than any other country. If you really need another fucking prison build one some place else.

[GlennfromLA]

Why not send them to gitmo

[NSWDave]

Is he serious or trying to make the news?

[turboporn]

How's that going?

[tacnet]

Alcatraz has no electricity or even running water. The place is crumbling to bits and that's why its only used as a museum these days

Yet another stupid idea from Trump's head. If ONLY he had people round him who would tell him "No that's not a good idea Mr President"

[ezdoesitz]

Alcatraz has no electricity or even running water. The place is crumbling to bits and that's why its only used as a museum these days

Yet another stupid idea from Trump's head. If ONLY he had people round him who would tell him "No that's not a good idea Mr President"

I took a tour of the placeyears ago and it will need millions of dollars spent to make it habitable for people

[Russ]

We have more than enough prisons we need to stop locking people up and rehabilitating them to be law abiding citizens

[AlexO]

Update on the Alcatraz story:

The cost to reopen seems to be $152 million big ones


"President Trump is seeking $152 million from Congress as part of his push to reopen Alcatraz prison near San Francisco to house violent federal criminals.

The request, included in the White House’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, calls on Congress to allocate funding to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to cover the first year of project costs associated with rebuilding Alcatraz as a “state-of-the-art secure prison facility.”

Trump ordered the restoration of the infamous offshore prison last May, directing the BOP, Justice Department, FBI and Department of Homeland Security to “reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.”"

https://ktla.com/news/california/trump- ... re-prison/

[dom_trev]

Incarcerating people is big business and lucrative for those companies involved.

[rx_tom]

He wants to spend $152 million on a prison how about spending it on homeless shelters.