Trump Alludes to the Reopening of Alcatraz Prison, ‘Bigger and Better’ for Worst Criminals

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Boats pass Alcatraz island off San Francisco, California, on November 11, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump has a grand plan of not just reopening one of America’s prisons for the most heinous criminals, but making it even “bigger” than ever. Alcatraz, the notoriously feared prison off the coast of San Francisco could make an epic comeback.

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Taking to Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said that the infamous island prison should be “rebuilt, enlarged, and reopened” in order to incarcerate the nation’s “most ruthless and violent offenders.”

Trump criticized a “justice system too afraid to act” and addressed activist judges, sanctuary cities and the Biden administration’s border failures; because of the combination, violent criminals are allowed to roam free while Americans live in fear.

Trump devised a plan to direct the Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, FBI and Homeland Security to carry out the reopening of Alcatraz — this time, with a significant expansion. Trump described the future facility as a “symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE.”

President Trump’s administration has been laser focused on finding, and arresting or deporting the most dangerous criminals who have entered into our country illegally. “Every single day I receive a report on my desk of the murderers, rapists, child abusers, and other sickos that our ICE enforcement agents are arresting around the country,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on a social media post while showing additional arrests.

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“Under President Trump, we have arrested over 150,000 aliens—including more than 600 members of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang. If you are here illegally and break the law, we will hunt you down, arrest you and lock you up.”

The Daily Caller News Foundation reports:

The original Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary operated from 1934 to 1963 on a 22-acre island in San Francisco Bay, a mile and a quarter from shore. The rocky fortress housed some of the most notorious criminals in American history — including Al Capone and Robert Stroud, the so-called “Birdman of Alcatraz.” With icy waters and shark-infested currents, it was widely considered inescapable, though 14 escape attempts were documented.

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