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Trump’s fascination with Alcatraz is more symbolic than rooted in reality
Alcatraz was first used as a jail during the American Civil War. It later became a federal penitentiary in 1934, closing less than 30 years later.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration eyes Alcatraz reopening to house nation’s ‘worst of the worst’
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island to assess its potential reopening as a ...
Feds prep for reopening of Alcatraz prison. Critics call it the ‘stupidest initiative yet’
Two federal officials traveled to California to visit the shuttered Alcatraz prison, part of a plan to soon announce the ...
Puerto Rico ACLU denounces transfer of immigrant detainees to 'Alligator Alcatraz'
The group has received reports this week that detainees from the island have been sent to the Florida facility and allege ...
Trump’s Mad Dream of Revamping Alcatraz Would Cost More Than $2 Billion
Donald Trump’s bonkers scheme to return Alcatraz Island to its inglorious past as one of the nation’s most feared prisons ...
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Which states could get their own ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention camps?
Trump officials to visit Alcatraz Island amid push to reopen prison Noem announced ahead of her visit to “Alligator ...
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