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Trump Seeks $152 Million To Reopen Alcatraz Prison
Trump Seeks $152 Million To Reopen Alcatraz Prison
Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times,
The White House on Friday requested $152 million to reopen Alcatraz, which is offshore from San Francisco, as a federal prison.
The funding appears in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, released by the administration.
It would cover first-year costs for the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild the island facility into “a state-of-the-art secure prison facility,” according to the document. Alcatraz has operated as a National Park Service tourist site since 1973, after the federal...
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