La Derecha Diario The reopening of Alcatraz is taking shape, and Trump is already evaluating reconstruction plans.
Two senior government officials visited the island this week to begin outlining the reconstruction
The plan designed by President Trump to reopen the Alcatraz prison and turn it back into a maximum-security prison to house the most dangerous criminals is close to becoming a reality.
The White House has confirmed that three different projects are being evaluated.
The first, more modest, would cost around one billion and would only renovate the structure; the second would put the project out to bid so that private contractors could build and operate the prison complex, while the third and most ambitious would demolish the old prison and build a new one from scratch.
Overall, the government plans to allocate two billion for this project, although officials emphasized that the plan is still in early stages.
"Trump is serious. If he says it, we're going to do it"
Trump's plan was initially ridiculed by the Democrats, but the President is so determined to reopen the prison complex that his advisors have already started calculating costs and visiting the site.
This week, two senior executive officials visited the island located in San Francisco Bay.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, who heads the department overseeing the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, whose office owns the federal land and manages the site where the prison is located, toured the facilities.
"People thought it was a joke, a random comment," another official said, referring to Trump's idea when he announced it to the world last May. "But the President is serious. If he really means it, we're going to do it."
Doubts about Alcatraz
Alcatraz stopped operating as a prison in 1963. The most infamous criminals in U.S. history were incarcerated there, such as mafia leader Al Capone. Since then, the island has served as a tourist attraction.
The high operating costs, which included the deterioration of the prison infrastructure and the fact that food and water had to be transported to the prison by sea, led the Bureau of Prisons to abandon the facility.
"When we were a more serious nation, in times past, we didn't hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals and keep them away from anyone they could harm," Trump wrote on May 4 on Truth Social when announcing the reopening.
"That's how it's supposed to be," he concluded.
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