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Trump touts 'very strong' Alcatraz

The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them.

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over the last few years, including widespread criminal activity by employees, dozens of escapes, the free flow of guns, drugs and other contraband, and severe understaffing that has hampered responses to emergencies.

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Trump orders the reopening of Alcatraz prison

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Trump touts 'very strong' Alcatraz as Bureau of Prisons assessing reopening prison

Bureau of Prisons director said it will "vigorously" pursue "all avenues to support and implement" the Trump's agenda after he said he was wants to reopen Alcatraz.

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Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. What about WA’s federal island prison?

President Trump recently floated the idea of reopening San Francisco’s Alcatraz federal penitentiary. Could he reopen Washington’s abandoned island prison? In a Truth Social post on Sunday, ...

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Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison

Trump ordered multiple agencies to rebuild the penitentiary, which was closed in 1963 over high operating costs and has been ...

A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...

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Federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a ...

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Word of the Week: Before the Birdman of Alcatraz, the island was known for its birds

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

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