Trump Orders Alcatraz Rebuild for Violent Offenders

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Trump Orders Alcatraz Rebuild for Violent Offenders

U.S. President Donald Trump In a move that seems equal parts PR stunt and historical fanfic, President Donald Trump has ordered the revival of Alcatraz, the infamous island prison, as a holding pen for ‘America’s most ruthless and violent offenders, in San Francisco Bay, California. The prison, once known for housing some of America's most notorious criminals, closed in the 1960s. The directive includes plans to substantially enlarge the facility to detain 'America's most ruthless and violent offenders', with involvement from multiple federal agencies like the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security.

Alcatraz was shut down in 1963 for the same reason most of us stopped using AOL CDs... it was outdated, expensive, way too difficult to escape once you were in, and the growing sense that it was all a bad idea to begin with.

The island’s remote location made everything, from food shipments to flushing toilets, an exercise in logis…