Alcatraz Island has abruptly closed its doors to tourists just weeks after President Trump demanded over $150 million to reopen the infamous prison.
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary - which sits in the water near San Francisco - closed for good as an operating prison in 1963 and now welcomes around 1.2 million visitors per year, according to the National Park Service. Now, on the NPS’s website, an alert says that the closure began on Monday and will last until Friday.
