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"The Mar-a-Lago of mass incarceration": Trump demands to reopen Alcatraz
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"The Mar-a-Lago of mass incarceration": Trump demands to reopen Alcatraz

Jason Weisberger
May 05, 2025
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Over the weekend, convicted felon Donald Trump raved about reopening the decrepit and crumbling former Federal prison turned tourist attraction.

Closed in 1963, because even then it was an unmaintainable, not cost-effective, and inhumane prison, Donald Trump is fantasizing about reopening "The Rock." There isn't a lot left on Alcatraz that the current go…

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