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Trump Officials Tour Alcatraz to Advance Prison Reopening Feasibility
SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 17 – Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz to evaluate reopening it as a high-security prison to house violent offenders amid cost and logistical concerns.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi toured Alcatraz as the Trump administration explores reopening it for prison use over 60 years after its closure.
- Trump described Alcatraz as a 'symbol of law and order' that housed dangerous criminals, including Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly.
- Representative Nancy Pelosi criticized the plan, calling it the president's 'stupidest initiative yet' and vowed to oppose it in Congress.
- Pelosi expressed concern that the administration's idea is based on 'decades-old fictional Hollywood movies' rather than serious considerations.
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El Universo
The reconstruction to reopen Alcatraz prison, one of the most famous in the United States and located in San Francisco Bay, California, could cost about $2 billion.
InsideNoVA.com
Bondi visits Alcatraz; Newsom's office reacts with skepticism
(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s staff expressed skepticism about reopening Alcatraz as a federal prison following U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s visit to the historic tourist attraction. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the idea "stupid."
Bondi and Burgum tour Alcatraz amid Trump’s effort to reopen former prison
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island on Thursday, July 17, as part of President Donald Trump’s push to return the iconic site to its former role as a federal prison. After the visit, both officials posted photos to social media. A Department of Justice spokesperson told CBS News that the two were there for a briefing on the facility and the surrounding area, as well as to evaluate plans to ren…
Axios: Trump's New Alcatraz Prison Could Cost $2B
President Donald Trump's plan to convert Alcatraz back into a maximum-security prison could cost roughly $2 billion, Axios reported on Friday citing administration sources. Alcatraz was closed as a maximum-security prison in 1963...
Stunning cost of rebuilding Alcatraz 'might just be too much' for Trump: insider
The possibility of rebuilding the Alcatraz prison as a new holding pen as Donald Trump makes plans to ramp up U.S. incarceration rates may be in doubt according to an estimate on the projected cost.That is according to a report from Marc Caputo at Axios, who wrote on Friday morning that the massive overhaul of the building now used as a tourist attraction could top $2 billion.On Thursday, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Bu…
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