A hard cell? Alcatraz tourists dismiss Trump’s ‘insane’ plan to revive it as prison

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.