Trump said he wants to “reopen” Alcatraz as a federal prison. Must be one continuous week, ten inmates physically on the island, held at the same time (not sequentially.)
"Inmates" = "people who the Trump Administration thinks should be detained in a prison," does not necessarily need to be people who have been convicted of a crime.
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@Marnix yeah anyone who's gone on a tour in the last few years can tell that place is not ready for inmates any time soon
@ClayRosenthal renovations would be hard but ten inmates in poor conditions to serve as whatever kinda symbol he wants its to be isn’t that improbable https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly5d9yzr7wo.amp
@AlexanderTheGreater It was closed due to how expensive it is. They’d have to get appropriations or raid FEMA or something.
@Panfilo yeah, it would be a huge money sink to overhaul. However, does he need any cooperation from California for that? It's on federal land and if he can get federal funds what legal standing does CA have to stop it?
@AlexanderTheGreater I could be wrong about their retaliatory ability to inconvenience it given the logistical relationship between the island and San Francisco. Feel free to bet it up!