AP PHOTOS: Trump says he’ll reopen Alcatraz
AP PHOTOS: Trump says he’ll reopen Alcatraz
A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Darwin Coon, a former inmate who spent four years at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary for bank robbery, sits in his former cell at the prison in the San Francisco Bay, California, April 30, 2007. Coon wrote a book about his experiences on the island and was among the last inmates to the leave the island in 1962. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
A building stands on Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
The hospital operating room is photographed through the glass of a locked door at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary prison in the San Francisco Bay, California, March 13, 1956. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Senior officer Melvin Kidney works within a 2-inch laminated bullet proof glass at the control center of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California, March 14, 1956. He supervises all communications and has custody of arms, ammunition, tear gas, etc. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Visitors look into the cells of the main cell block during a night tour of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in the San Francisco Bay, California, July 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
An exhibit about a 1962 prison escape made famous in the movie, Escape from Alcatraz, is exhibited in the new cell house museum store on Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay, California, April 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
The federal prison island Alcatraz, known as “The Rock,” stands in the San Francisco Bay, California, July 21, 1950. (AP Photo, File)
Warden P.J. Madigan, top right, gives a press conference inside his office at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California, March 13, 1956. G. Frederick Mullen, director of information, U. S. Dept. of Justice, sits at top center. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
A water tower stands at Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
The cell of a prisoner permitted to make oil paintings at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, March 16, 1956. (AP Photo, File)
Mae Capone, the wife of Al Capone, covers her face on the way to visit her husband at the hospital inside the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in the San Francisco Bay, California, March 1, 1936. Al Capone was suffering a mental illness brought on by tertiary syphilis. (AP Photo, File)
With the Golden Gate Bridge in behind, Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Dock officer George Black operates controls of the metal detector through visitors to the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary must pass on Alcatraz island in the San Francisco Bay, California, March 13, 1956. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
One of three cell tiers of individual cells at the main block of the Alcatraz Federal Prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, March 15, 1956. (AP Photo)
Paint peels off a wall of the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Nov. 10, 2017, on Alcatraz Island near San Francisco. (AP Photo/Michael R. Sisak)
Native Americans play ball at the main dock during their occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, Nov. 26, 1969. (AP Photo/File)
Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
The administration building of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary is photographed through the doorway of the warden’s home on the south end of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, March 13, 1956. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
Visitors tour the cell of former prisoner Robert “The Birdman” Stroud in the hospital area of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in the San Francisco Bay, California, July 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
A tunnel under the main cellblock of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California, June 1, 1973. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File
A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Darwin Coon, a former inmate who spent four years at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary for bank robbery, sits in his former cell at the prison in the San Francisco Bay, California, April 30, 2007. Coon wrote a book about his experiences on the island and was among the last inmates to the leave the island in 1962. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Darwin Coon, a former inmate who spent four years at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary for bank robbery, sits in his former cell at the prison in the San Francisco Bay, California, April 30, 2007. Coon wrote a book about his experiences on the island and was among the last inmates to the leave the island in 1962. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
A building stands on Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A building stands on Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
The hospital operating room is photographed through the glass of a locked door at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary prison in the San Francisco Bay, California, March 13, 1956. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
The hospital operating room is photographed through the glass of a locked door at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary prison in the San Francisco Bay, California, March 13, 1956. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Senior officer Melvin Kidney works within a 2-inch laminated bullet proof glass at the control center of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California, March 14, 1956. He supervises all communications and has custody of arms, ammunition, tear gas, etc. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
Senior officer Melvin Kidney works within a 2-inch laminated bullet proof glass at the control center of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California, March 14, 1956. He supervises all communications and has custody of arms, ammunition, tear gas, etc. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Visitors look into the cells of the main cell block during a night tour of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in the San Francisco Bay, California, July 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Visitors look into the cells of the main cell block during a night tour of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in the San Francisco Bay, California, July 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
An exhibit about a 1962 prison escape made famous in the movie, Escape from Alcatraz, is exhibited in the new cell house museum store on Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay, California, April 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
An exhibit about a 1962 prison escape made famous in the movie, Escape from Alcatraz, is exhibited in the new cell house museum store on Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay, California, April 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
The federal prison island Alcatraz, known as “The Rock,” stands in the San Francisco Bay, California, July 21, 1950. (AP Photo, File)
The federal prison island Alcatraz, known as “The Rock,” stands in the San Francisco Bay, California, July 21, 1950. (AP Photo, File)
Warden P.J. Madigan, top right, gives a press conference inside his office at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California, March 13, 1956. G. Frederick Mullen, director of information, U. S. Dept. of Justice, sits at top center. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
Warden P.J. Madigan, top right, gives a press conference inside his office at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California, March 13, 1956. G. Frederick Mullen, director of information, U. S. Dept. of Justice, sits at top center. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
A water tower stands at Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A water tower stands at Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
The cell of a prisoner permitted to make oil paintings at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, March 16, 1956. (AP Photo, File)
The cell of a prisoner permitted to make oil paintings at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, March 16, 1956. (AP Photo, File)
Mae Capone, the wife of Al Capone, covers her face on the way to visit her husband at the hospital inside the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in the San Francisco Bay, California, March 1, 1936. Al Capone was suffering a mental illness brought on by tertiary syphilis. (AP Photo, File)
Mae Capone, the wife of Al Capone, covers her face on the way to visit her husband at the hospital inside the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in the San Francisco Bay, California, March 1, 1936. Al Capone was suffering a mental illness brought on by tertiary syphilis. (AP Photo, File)
With the Golden Gate Bridge in behind, Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
With the Golden Gate Bridge in behind, Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Dock officer George Black operates controls of the metal detector through visitors to the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary must pass on Alcatraz island in the San Francisco Bay, California, March 13, 1956. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
Dock officer George Black operates controls of the metal detector through visitors to the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary must pass on Alcatraz island in the San Francisco Bay, California, March 13, 1956. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
One of three cell tiers of individual cells at the main block of the Alcatraz Federal Prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, March 15, 1956. (AP Photo)
One of three cell tiers of individual cells at the main block of the Alcatraz Federal Prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, March 15, 1956. (AP Photo)
Paint peels off a wall of the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Nov. 10, 2017, on Alcatraz Island near San Francisco. (AP Photo/Michael R. Sisak)
Paint peels off a wall of the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Nov. 10, 2017, on Alcatraz Island near San Francisco. (AP Photo/Michael R. Sisak)
Native Americans play ball at the main dock during their occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, Nov. 26, 1969. (AP Photo/File)
Native Americans play ball at the main dock during their occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, Nov. 26, 1969. (AP Photo/File)
Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
The administration building of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary is photographed through the doorway of the warden’s home on the south end of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, March 13, 1956. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
The administration building of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary is photographed through the doorway of the warden’s home on the south end of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, March 13, 1956. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett, File)
Visitors tour the cell of former prisoner Robert “The Birdman” Stroud in the hospital area of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in the San Francisco Bay, California, July 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Visitors tour the cell of former prisoner Robert “The Birdman” Stroud in the hospital area of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in the San Francisco Bay, California, July 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
A tunnel under the main cellblock of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California, June 1, 1973. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File
A tunnel under the main cellblock of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California, June 1, 1973. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File
President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.
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