Alcatraz prison closed because it was too expensive to run. Now Trump wants to use it again

U.S. President Donald Trump claims he wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was converted into a U.S. tourist destination because it had become too costly to house criminals.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alcatraz-prison-history-1.7526983?cmp=rss