SAN FRANCISCO: US President Donald Trump stated on Sunday (Might 4) that he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the notorious Alcatraz jail within the San Francisco Bay to “home America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders”.
“REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” he posted on the Fact Social platform. “Once we have been a extra critical Nation, in occasions previous, we didn’t hesitate to lock up probably the most harmful criminals, and maintain them distant from anybody they may hurt.”
The federal jail at Alcatraz housed infamous US criminals reminiscent of Al Capone earlier than it closed in 1963. It’s now one in every of San Francisco’s hottest vacationer locations.
“In the present day, I’m directing the Bureau of Prisons, along with the Division of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Safety, to reopen a considerably enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ,” Trump wrote.
The jail was closed as a result of it was too costly to proceed working, in keeping with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) web site, largely as a consequence of its island location. It was almost 3 times extra expensive to function than some other federal jail, the BOP web site stated.
