Di popular old prison wey dey for one island near Golden Gate Bridge for San Francisco.
Donald Trump don tok say e dey give order make im goment reopen and expand Alcatraz, di popular old prison wey dey for one island near Golden Gate Bridge for San Francisco.
For im message wey im drop for im Truth Social page on Sunday, President Trump tok say “for too long, America don dey suffer from wicked, violent, and repeat criminals.”
Im say to reopen Alcatraz wey dem sabi before as one of di hardest prisons for US go serve as “symbol of law, order, and justice,” im tok.
But top Democrats don tok say di idea “no be serious one”. Di maximum security prison, wey pipo dey also call The Rock, don bin close since 1963 and now e dey work as one successful tourist center.
“Today, I dey give order to di Bureau of Prisons, plus Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, make dem reopen Alcatraz but dis time around, make dem rebuild am well well and make e bigger,” na wetin Trump write.
Di prison go “hold America most wicked and violent criminals.”
President Trump dey get wahala wit di courts sake of im idea to send pipo wey dem accuse say be gang members go prison for El Salvador. For March, e send over 200 Venezuelan pipo wey dem say be gang dia. E don even tok say e fit send “homegrown criminals” wey be say na Americans go foreign prisons.
Alcatraz start as one kain naval defence fort before dem turn am to military prison for early 20th century. Na for 1930s Department of Justice come take over, and na dia dem begin put federal prisoners.
Some big names wey don stay for dia na gangsters like Al Capone, Mickey Cohen, and George “Machine Gun” Kelly.
Di prison still popular sake of some films. One na Birdman of Alcatraz wey come out for 1962, wey Burt Lancaster act as Robert Stroud one man wey kill person but come learn about birds while im dey serve life sentence.
For 1979 dem release anoda film Escape from Alcatraz wey Clint Eastwood act as Frank Morris, di main man for one real prison break wey happun for 1962.
For 1996 dem release anoda film The Rock, wey Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage act inside story na how former SAS soldier and FBI chemist rescue hostages for Alcatraz island.
Di reason why dem close Alcatraz na sake of e too cost to run am, na wetin Federal Bureau of Prisons tok for dem website.
E dey cost almost three times more dan any oda federal prison, mostly becos e dey for island.
Professor Gabriel Jack Chin from Davis School of Law for University of California tell BBC say to turn Alcatraz back to working prison go need plenty money.
Di number of pipo for federal prison don drop by around 25% from di highest point, and say “plenty bed still dey empty” for existing prisons. So e tok say “e no clear whether dem even need new prison at all.”
Alcatraz get “na one kain reputation as hard prison,” and Trump just wan use di move send message say im administration go hard on crime, Professor Chin add.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, wey be California Democrat and her district include Alcatraz, say di idea “no be serious one.”
San Francisco Democratic state senator Scott Wiener call di idea “deeply unhinged” for Instagram post, and say na “attack on di rule of law.”
Actor Burt Lancaster for one scene from di film Birdman Of Alcatraz for 1962
Nicolas Cage inside di film The Rock, wey dem shoot for Alcatraz island