A hard cell? Alcatraz tourists dismiss Trump’s ‘insane’ plan to revive it as prison
by Isabeau Doucet in San Francisco from US news | The Guardian on (#6X34A)
Visitors to one of San Francisco's most popular tourist destinations point to cost, feasibility and its legacy of Indigenous incarceration
In the choppy waters of the San Francisco Bay, on a windswept rock, lies a crumbling former federal prison that's now at the center of Donald Trump's latest real estate proposal: REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!" he announced on Truth Social over the weekend, to serve as a symbol of Law, Order and JUSTICE."
On Monday, the day after Trump's declaration, throngs of tourists queued up for the ferry at Fisherman's Wharf to visit the island.
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