To the editor: My first response to President Trump’s suggestion that Alcatraz be reopened (at nice value) was “no approach” (“Trump orders Alcatraz prison to reopen for ‘most ruthless and violent’ criminals,” Might 4). However, after rethinking it, I might help its reopening if it had been so as to add a set to accommodate felon presidents.
David L. Burdick, Ridgecrest
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To the editor: I can see Trump tooling across the Mar-a-Alcatraz fairways in his little golf cart now. Redecorating the suites would maintain him occupied for years, and it’d maintain him out of our hair. I’m all for it, so long as he’s not allowed to go away.
Elle Kranen, Carlsbad
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To the editor: Trump’s order to reopen Alcatraz is a joke! He likes to speak powerful on criminals however pardoned the Jan. 6 rioters who attacked Congress and injured Capitol Law enforcement officials.
Anybody who has visited Alcatraz as a vacationer can inform him it might take a whole lot of thousands and thousands of {dollars} to rebuild it. The U.S. already has working prisons which are accessible to accommodate criminals. Use them!
Carol Karas, Camarillo
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To the editor: A fast go to to Alcatraz (or a cursory Google search) would present it was closed because it was so much more expensive than common and even supermax prisons. As if we would have liked extra proof from this administration that the cruelty is the purpose: It’s deemed “environment friendly” to chop companies and staff who serve the American individuals, however the cash spigot is open to imprison them at house or overseas within the worst situations attainable.
Michael Smallberg, Menlo Park, Calif.
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To the editor: With all of the polarization occurring now, a reopening of Alcatraz may provide a chance for a refreshing compromise. Would it not be attainable to accommodate harmful criminals in Alcatraz and proceed it as a vacationer attraction? I’m certain lots of people want to see actual “vicious, violent” criminals at a secure distance, possibly from behind Plexiglass screens like a zoo. However not a petting zoo, after all.
Michael Donnelly, Covina
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To the editor: Talking as somebody within the development enterprise, I can let you know that the one technique to make any type of a sensible use of the island is to scrape it fully and rebuild from scratch. Even then, you’ll wind up with the costliest and hard-to-maintain jail on the earth.
Peter Scofield, Corona del Mar
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To the editor: Alcatraz is an eyesore and a logo of man’s inhumanity to man. The constructions ought to be razed and the island returned to its pure state.
Joseph Gius, Los Angeles
