President Donald Trump is hoping for an infamous prison and now has Alcatraz, a historic landmark. San Francisco, Californiais being rebuilt and reopened, houses the nation’s most ruthless and violent criminals.
Trump announced it on the Truth Social Post Sunday evening.
“Rebuilding and Open Alcatraz!” said the president. “For too long, America has been plagued by the defeat of society, a vicious, violent and repeatedly criminal offender.
“When we were a more serious country, in the past we didn’t hesitate to lock in the most dangerous criminals and be far from those who could harm them,” Trump continued, adding that it should be like this. “We will no longer tolerate these serial criminals who spread filth, bloodshed and mayhem on our streets.”
On this day in history on August 11, 1934, America’s most notorious prisoner arrives at Alcatraz
President Donald Trump has ordered that “the virtually expanded and rebuilt Alcatraz Island reopen to rehouse “the most ruthless and violent criminals in America.” (Credit: istock | Getty Images)
Trump said He directs the Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security to “realize Alcatraz and rebuild it and house America’s most ruthless and violent criminals.”
“We will no longer be holding criminals, thugs and judges who are afraid to do their jobs and allow us to take away criminals who have illegally come to our country,” he said in the post. “The reopening of Alcatraz serves as a symbol of law, order and justice. We will make America great again!”
Alcatraz opened in 1934, but the prison, located on 22 acres of rock, closed 29 years later.
Alcatraz Island was opened as a prison in 1934. (Brandon Sloter/Getty Images)
Considering the 1.25 miles to the coast, the Bay Area island was considered essentially an escape, but 14 documented escapes were made.
The most notorious was the escape of John, Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris on June 11, 1962. “Escape from Alcatraz”
Whether the three of them survived by reaching the coast remains a mystery. The FBI concluded that the escape owned due to the harsh conditions.
Alcatraz Building: prison on an inevitable island in America
The escape of three prisoners from Alcatraz, John Anglin, Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris, is detailed in an edition of the Oakland Tribune Newspaper, June 17, 1962, including allegations of a mysterious boat seen in San Francisco Bay on the night of Lost of. (Photo by Medianews Group/Oakland Tribune by Getty Images)
The three prisoners carved out the escape route from their prison and built makeshift papier-mache heads.
The final escape attempt from prison nearly six months later inspired what became the “Escape from Alcatraz” triathlon swimming route.
The most The infamous inmates included gangs James “Whity” Bulgar, Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly, and even more infamous “The Birdman of Alcatraz” Robert Stroud and “Public Ain No. 1” Alvin Calpis.
Alcatraz was eventually closed in 1963 as it turned out to be much more expensive than an island-based prison.
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That’s what Alcatraz Island is today Popular San Francisco tourist attractions Operated by the National Park Service.
Kerry J. Byrne and Ryan Morik of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
