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Politics
C.J. Ciaramella

Reopening Alcatraz Is an Expensive, Unnecessary Pipe Dream

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he's ordered the federal government to rebuild and reopen the infamous Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. However, that plan will likely require a massive investment in a dysfunctional federal prison system that can barely staff the prisons it currently operates.

"REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!" Trump posted on Truth Social.

"The reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE," the president continued later in the post.

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