Donald Trump says his government is ordering to reopen and expand his former prison, Alcatraz, on an island on the coast of California.
Trump said in a message about his truth social site on Sunday, “For too long, the United States has been suffering from malicious, violent and repeated criminals.”
Alcatraz resumes will serve as a symbol of law, order and justice, he said.
Prison was closed in 1963 and Alcatraz island is currently operated as a tourist destination. It is near Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Trump said, “Today, I have instructed the prison with the Ministry of Justice, the FBI and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to resume it to actually expand and rebuild Alcatraz.
The prison will “accept the most ruthless and violent criminals in the United States.”
President Trump conflicts with the court about the policy of sending gang members to El Salvador’s prison. In March, he sent more than 200 Venezuela gangs there. He also talked about sending “asset criminals” to foreign prisons.
Alcatraz was originally a naval defense fortress In the early 20th century, it was rebuilt as a military prison. The Ministry of Justice acquired it in the 1930s and began to be convicted in the federal prison system. Among the more famous prisoners were the notorious gangster, Al Capone, Mickey Cohen and George “Machine Gun” Kelly.
The prison was also famous by Alkatraz’s Birdman on the 1962 film, Robert Stroud, a guilty of Bird Lancraz of Al Katraz, who was convicted.
It was also the site of the 1996 film The Rock, starring Sean Conner and Nicolas Cage, and was about the former SAS captain and FBI chemist who saved hostages from Alcatraz Island.
According to the Federal Prison website, the prison was closed because it was too expensive to continue to operate. Because of the island position, it cost almost three times more to operate than other federal prison.
