Trump announces surprise ‘reopening of Alcatraz’ to house the ‘most dangerous criminals’

In a controversial and widely criticized move, former President Donald Trump has announced plans to reopen and massively expand Alcatraz — the infamous island prison off the coast of San Francisco — to house what he describes as the “worst of the worst,” including federal inmates and immigration detainees. Shuttered since 1963, Alcatraz is now being repurposed as a high-profile symbol of Trump’s harsh approach to law enforcement and immigration — an approach many see as rooted in racial bias and fear-based politics. Critics argue that targeting immigrants and marginalized communities under the guise of “law and order” only deepens America’s divisions and revives dark chapters of its past. Trump’s plan, revealed on his Truth Social platform, has been slammed as a throwback to punitive, discriminatory policies, cloaked in nostalgia for a “greatness” that never included everyone.