Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison

NEW YORK – President Donald Trump says helium is directing his authorities to reopen and grow Alcatraz, the notorious erstwhile situation connected a California island.

In a connection connected his Truth Social tract Sunday evening, Trump wrote that, “For excessively long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repetition Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who volition ne'er lend thing different than Misery and Suffering. When we were a much superior Nation, successful times past, we did not hesitate to fastener up the astir unsafe criminals, and support them acold distant from anyone they could harm. That’s the mode it’s expected to be.”

“That is why, today, I americium directing the Bureau of Prisons, unneurotic with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to location America’s astir ruthless and convulsive Offenders," helium wrote, adding: "The reopening of ALCATRAZ volition service arsenic a awesome of Law, Order, and JUSTICE.”

The situation was closed successful 1963, and Alcatraz Island is presently operated arsenic a tourer site.

The bid comes arsenic Trump has been clashing with the courts arsenic helium tries to nonstop accused pack members to a notorious situation successful El Salvador, without owed process. Trump has besides talked astir wanting to nonstop American citizens determination and to different overseas prisons.

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