# US president Donald Trump says he has directed the Bureau of Prisons to reopen and expand Alcatraz to house America’s most ruthless and violent offenders. Once notorious as one of America’s toughest prisons, Alcatraz closed in 1963 and currently operates as a tourist site. On a post on Truth Social, Trump says they will no longer be held hostage to criminals, thugs, and judges who are afraid to do their job and allow the government to remove criminals who come into the country illegally.
Trump wants Alcatraz reopened to house ruthless and violent offenders