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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(123,587 posts)
Mon May 5, 2025, 04:57 PM May 5

Trump says he wants to reopen Alcatraz. What is it? Why did the prison close?

President Donald Trump said on May 4 that he is ordering the Federal Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay that closed more than six decades ago.

Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he wanted to reopen the prison to "house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders."

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When did Alcatraz shut down and why?

The prison on Alcatraz closed on March 21, 1963, because it was too expensive to continue operating, according to BOP.

It was nearly three times more expensive to operate Alcatraz than any other federal prison, in part because its physical isolation required food and supplies to be dropped off by boat.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-wants-reopen-alcatraz-115055630.html

And it'll be expensive to rebuild the thing. Fucking dumbass doesn't think this stuff through.

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Trump says he wants to reopen Alcatraz. What is it? Why did the prison close? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 5 OP
Does Dump understand the irony of his constant talk of prisons... Blue Owl May 5 #1
This is where he wants to put his personal enemies. patphil May 5 #2
Deteriorated Tadams01KC May 5 #3
And it does kind of sit in earthquake territory NotASurfer May 5 #4
Like just about everything else he pops up with this is more bullshit. lees1975 May 6 #5
In a just world, he should be housed there. dixiegrrrrl May 6 #6

Blue Owl

(56,307 posts)
1. Does Dump understand the irony of his constant talk of prisons...
Mon May 5, 2025, 05:07 PM
May 5

When he himself is a convicted criminal who SHOULD be in prison himself???

patphil

(7,859 posts)
2. This is where he wants to put his personal enemies.
Mon May 5, 2025, 05:17 PM
May 5

Actually it's a good place to put him and each and every person he appointed to office this year.

NotASurfer

(2,343 posts)
4. And it does kind of sit in earthquake territory
Mon May 5, 2025, 06:11 PM
May 5

In that foreseeable - and widespread - emergency, you might not be able to keep track of every prisoner, alternate facilities nearby would likely also be damaged or inoperable, and transportation would be all but impossible.

lees1975

(6,565 posts)
5. Like just about everything else he pops up with this is more bullshit.
Tue May 6, 2025, 12:24 AM
May 6

He listens to all the populist gossip, conspiracy theories and stupidity circulating around and thinks he can gain some kind of benefit by making it happen. Opening Alcatraz is a mantra of those who think we don't jail enough criminals and that's why our crime rate is so high, even though it's not really that high. It's to appease another group of dumbass Americans who believe lies.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,040 posts)
6. In a just world, he should be housed there.
Tue May 6, 2025, 04:30 AM
May 6

With his more Nazi loving pals.c
THAT would justify spending a few bucks to fix it up just for them.
He can have his library there also.

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