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Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz as a prison - could it happen?
Trump administration officials have toured Alcatraz, the once-notorious prison island in the icy waters of San Francisco Bay that the Trump administration is seeking to re-open for prisoners. Alcatraz - popularly known as "the Rock" - has not been used as a prison for decades. It is now a historic landmark visited by millions of tourists each year.
Former Alcatraz inmate Bill Baker, 85, speaks about his experiences as a prisoner during Alcatraz Alumni Day at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018.
In 1981, Alcatraz Island was one of 14 sites evaluated as the Reagan Administration searched for a location to hold 10,000 to 20,000 Cuban detainees during the Mariel Boatlift.
For 29 years, Alcatraz — the notorious prison off the coast of San Francisco — housed some of the nation's worst criminals: Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, Birdman Robert Stroud. Today, 50 years ...
For much of its cold, damp, bitter prison life, Alcatraz was a place you’d kill to leave, and many an inmate tried. They plotted elaborate escapes, took shivs to cell walls, mapped routes ...
This week’s episode of Alcatraz had less to do with the psyche of “the killer-of-the-week” and more to do with teasing the mystery of the reappearance of the so-called ’63s — which was ...
Alcatraz Island is most famous for its 29-year operation as a prison. Now it's a popular tourist spot that Trump wants to ...
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