{"id":38895,"date":"2025-07-17T23:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/bondi-tours-alcatraz-as-part-of-trumps-plan-to-reopen-former-prison\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T23:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:32:15","slug":"bondi-tours-alcatraz-as-part-of-trumps-plan-to-reopen-former-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/bondi-tours-alcatraz-as-part-of-trumps-plan-to-reopen-former-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Bondi tours Alcatraz as part of Trump&#8217;s plan to reopen former prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi took a tour of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay Thursday morning as part of President Trump&#8217;s directive to revert the popular tourist attraction to a federal penitentiary.<\/p>\n<p>Bondi toured Alcatraz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/alca\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">currently part of the National Park Service<\/a>, along with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, arriving on a Coast Guard vessel. They were joined by a contingent of administration officials and Secret Service staffers who walked in the chilly bay air among the crumbling buildings, many dating back to the late 19th century.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/17\/70b2af43-3761-4e58-871b-954f43f107c1\/thumbnail\/620x349\/032f7899f62cbd1d6f84d83bdcada773\/bondi-alcatraz.jpg#\" alt=\"bondi-alcatraz.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/17\/70b2af43-3761-4e58-871b-954f43f107c1\/thumbnail\/620x349\/032f7899f62cbd1d6f84d83bdcada773\/bondi-alcatraz.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/17\/70b2af43-3761-4e58-871b-954f43f107c1\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/b0bc10ac9214be009ba823d4e365ba37\/bondi-alcatraz.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi (center) poses in front of a sign on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, July 17, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                KPIX \/ pool<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The attorney general was seen posing for pictures in front of Alcatraz signs and vista points on the island. Later, Bondi posted an image of her tour on the X social media platform, saying that, &#8220;Under President Trump, we are Making America Safe Again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A great morning at Alcatraz with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretaryBurgum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@SecretaryBurgum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under President Trump, we are Making America Safe Again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a4gzX05kNi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/a4gzX05kNi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/1945904170755576043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Department of Justice told CBS News that Bondi and Burgum were visiting Alcatraz to receive a briefing on the facility and the surrounding island. They were also directing staff to collaborate on the necessary planning to rehabilitate and reopen the facility, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Mr. Trump <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-alcatraz-prison-reopen-truth-social-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">announced on his Truth Social platform<\/a><\/span> that he was directing the Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Justice, the FBI, and Homeland Security to &#8220;reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America&#8217;s most ruthless and violent Offenders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the announcement, Bureau of Prisons Director William K. Marshall III said in a statement that his agency would &#8220;vigorously pursue all avenues to support and implement the President&#8217;s agenda&#8221; and that he ordered &#8220;an immediate assessment to determine our needs and the next steps.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Alcatraz&#8217;s history as federal penitentiary<\/h2>\n<p>The former Army fortress and military prison was turned into a federal penitentiary in 1934 and housed the country&#8217;s most infamous criminals, such as Al Capone and &#8220;Machine Gun&#8221; Kelly. However, most of the inmates were not notorious gangsters but prisoners who refused to conform to the rules of other federal institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The prison was said to be escape-proof because of the strong bay currents and cold waters surrounding it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bop.gov\/about\/history\/alcatraz.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Bureau of Prisons says<\/a>\u00a0of the 36 men involved in 14 separate escape attempts, 23 were caught, 6 were shot and killed during their escape, and 2 drowned, leaving five others as either successfully escaped or presumed drowned.<\/p>\n<p>The penitentiary was closed in 1963 due to the high operating costs and deteriorating facilities. In 1972, Alcatraz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parksconservancy.org\/our-work\/alcatraz-glance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">was designated part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area<\/a>\u00a0under the National Park Service, and the following year it opened to the public as a historic site and tourist attraction. The site\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parksconservancy.org\/news\/alcatraz-breaks-out-major-renovation-world-famous-national-park-site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">has undergone multiple restoration efforts<\/a> to improve visitor facilities and preserve historic structures and natural habitats around the island.<\/p>\n<h2>Alcatraz a money-maker for federal government, San Francisco<\/h2>\n<p>Alcatraz currently receives about 1.6 million visitors from around the world every year, according to the Park Service. <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/pelosi-responds-to-potential-visit-of-ag-bondi-to-announce-alcatraz-reopening-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi lambasted the Trump administration&#8217;s plans<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to reopen Alcatraz as a prison, which would put an end to the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/alcatraz-tourist-destination-amid-talk-of-reopening\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">approximately $60 million in annual revenue that tourism brings<\/a><\/span> to the National Park Service and the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With stiff competition, the planned announcement to reopen Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary is the Trump Administration&#8217;s stupidest initiative yet,&#8221; said Pelosi in a prepared statement. &#8220;It should concern us all that clearly the only intellectual resources the Administration has drawn upon for this foolish notion are decades-old fictional Hollywood movies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium\"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/video\/watch-speaker-emerita-pelosi-condemns-president-trump-plan-to-reopen-alcatraz-as-a-prison\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n              <use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/>\n            <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Watch: Speaker Emerita Pelosi condemns President Trump plan to reopen Alcatraz as a prison<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">08:48<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie had no plans to meet with either Bondi or Burgum, according to his office. He issued a statement criticizing the Trump administration&#8217;s plans for Alcatraz.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no realistic plan to make Alcatraz reopen as anything other than the wonderful tourist attraction that it currently is,&#8221; Lurie said. &#8220;If the federal government wants to spend billions of dollars, I want them to spend it on clean and safe streets and San Francisco&#8217;s economic recovery. Alcatraz draws millions of visitors a year, tens of millions of dollars in economic activity, and that is benefiting San Francisco&#8217;s recovery. We&#8217;re on the rise and that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m focused on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-alcatraz-reopening-critics-why-b2745488.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">It&#8217;s estimated<\/a> that reopening Alcatraz as a prison would cost hundreds of millions of dollars upfront and up to $100 million a year in operating costs. When the penitentiary was closed in 1963, the annual operating costs were more than three times that of any other federal prison, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bop.gov\/about\/history\/alcatraz.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the Bureau of Prisons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/carlos-castaneda\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Carlos E. Casta\u00f1eda<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Carlos E. 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