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Feds prep for reopening of Alcatraz prison. Critics call it the ‘stupidest initiative yet’
Two federal officials traveled to California to visit the shuttered Alcatraz prison, part of a plan to soon announce the ...
Alligator Alcatraz is psychological terrorism
The Trump administration created a mosquito-plagued gulag where prisoners’ forbearance is tested. Many things are wrong with ...
White House official: $2B for Alcatraz renovations ‘sounds excessive’
A senior White House official on Friday said President Trump’s request to reopen Alcatraz at a reported $2 billion price tag ...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration eyes Alcatraz reopening to house nation’s ‘worst of the worst’
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island to assess its potential reopening as a ...
Nancy Pelosi Tells Unassuming Reporter He’d Be ‘Good Candidate’ For Alcatraz Prison
Democrat California Rep. Nancy Pelosi told a Scripps News reporter that he is a strong contender to be a prisoner at Alcatraz.
Gavin Newsom says Alcatraz will reopen the ‘same day Trump releases the Epstein files’
A spokesperson dismissed the idea previously touted by the president, following a visit to the island by Interior Secretary ...
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Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said
But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.  President Donald Trump, federal officials and ...
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Detainees at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz say they can't speak to lawyers
A class-action lawsuit alleges that people being held at the immigrant detention center in the Everglades "effectively have ...