Reopening Alcatraz Is an Expensive, Unnecessary Pipe Dream

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Reopening Alcatraz Is an Expensive, Unnecessary Pipe Dream

reason.com/2025/05/05/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…

This story appeared on reason.com, 2025-05-05 19:02:13.