U.S. 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 off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.
U.S. 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 off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.
A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. The inside of a prison cell is shown on Alcatraz Island Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. A cell at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, May 5, 2025. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Sunday that he has ordered the reopening of Alcatraz as a prison to"house America's most ruthless and violent Offenders." Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesVisitors tour the prison cells on Alcatraz Island Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. A visitor is framed by broken glass while touring Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Monday, May 5, 2025. The kitchen at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, May 5, 2025. Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesA prison cell with the effigy of an inmate in bed is displayed during a tour guide of the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, Ca., Monday, May 5, 2025. A weathered and worn lock is seen in the cellblock on Alcatraz Island on Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. Alcatraz Island is seen on Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. The entrance to the main prison on Alcatraz Island is shown Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. Visitors tour the prison cells on Alcatraz Island Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. A sign points to the recreation yard on Alcatraz Island Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. An old sink is shown during a tour of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Monday, May 5, 2025. Visitors tour the prison cells on Alcatraz Island Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. The door to a solitary confinement cell is shown on Alcatraz Island Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. Visitors tour the prison cells on Alcatraz Island Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. Visitors tour Alcatraz Island Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. A cell at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, California, on Monday, May 5, 2025. Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesA cell block at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, California, on Monday, May 5, 2025. Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesA visitor looks at the warden's house at Alcatraz Island on Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. The prison cells on Alcatraz Island are shown Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. A cell at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, California, on Monday, May 5, 2025. Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesVisitors on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, California, on Monday, May 5, 2025. Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesA bird flies past the warden's house on Alcatraz Island on Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. Visitors tour Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Monday, May 5, 2025. Visitors ascend a walkway at Alcatraz Island on Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. A view of Alcatraz Island and the City in San Francisco, California, on May 5, 2025.
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