President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island that has been closed for more than 60 years.
President Trump says he will direct federal agencies to "reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt Alcatraz," a facility that for decades was a federal prison and is now a national park in SF. Alcatraz closed as a penitentiary in 1963 because of expensive operating costs. nbcnews.to/42KQura
-- NBC News (@nbcnews.com) May 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Trumpf got the idea to re-open the notorious prison after PBS in Miami aired the famous 1979 Clint Eastwood film Escape from Alcatraz-- a channel he wants to defund. Link: www.msn.com
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Did Pres Trump see the movie, "Escape from Alcatraz," starring Clint Eastwood, just before he posted his comment? I heard it was shown on a Palm Beach area TV station around then ...
Found this ...
Trump's Alcatraz Announcement Comes The Morning After Clint Eastwood Prison Classic Was On Local TV
deadline.com
... I guess I was supposed to be a moviemaker," said Donald Trump today when asked why he decided to reopen the infamous prison on Alcatraz Island.
Turns out there might be a more prosaic answer: Clint Eastwood's 1979 classic Escape From Alcatraz was shown on a South Florida PBS station the night before. (Trump was at Mar-a-Lago for most of the weekend.) ...
and there's this ...
Trump floats reopening Alcatraz " here's how much revenue the notorious prison generates
www.foxbusiness.com
... The prison at Alcatraz closed in 1963 because it was no longer cost-effective compared to other prisons. Ahead of its closure, the Bureau of Prisons said Alcatraz's operating costs were over three times that of any other federal prison in 1959 " $10.10 daily per capita cost compared with $3 in Atlanta. ...
The National Park Service said last year that Alcatraz Island hosts about 1.6 million visitors annually and generates about $60 million in annual revenue. Much of that funding is used to help finance park projects. ...
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