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Alcatraz, Trump and Federal Bureau of Prisons

The New York Times · 6h

Alcatraz as a Prison? Tourists Say Trump Is on His Own Island.

At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning Alcatraz back into a penitentiary.

Travel + Leisure on MSN · 4h

Trump Wants to Turn Alcatraz Into a Working Prison—but Here's Why It'll Remain a National Landmark

Officials have come out saying that isn’t happening anytime soon.President Trump has proposed turning Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary back into a working prison.The island prison off the coast of San Francisco was shuttered in 1963 and eventually converted to a popular national park and tourist destination.

CBS News on MSN · 7h

Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison to house "America's most ruthless and violent Offenders"

Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and George "Machine-Gun" Kelly.

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Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. Californians are deeply skeptical.

When Alcatraz closed in 1963, it was in such bad shape that the federal government ruled it would be more cost effective to ...

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The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...

Axios on MSN23h

What reopening Alcatraz could mean for San Francisco

President Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz Island as a federal prison raises more questions than answers for a beloved San ...

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When was Alcatraz built? Why was Alcatraz closed six decades ago?

President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San ...

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A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...

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