American Attorney General Palm Bondi visited Alkatraz Island in San Francisco Gulf on Thursday morning as part of President Trump’s instruction to return the popular tourist attraction for a federal peninsula.
Bondi visited Alkatraz, Currently part of the National Park ServiceWith internal secretary Dag Bergam, a Coast Guard arrived at the vessel. He joined by a contingent of administration officials and secret service staff, who moved to the chilli bay air among the collapsing buildings, dating back back in the late 19th century.
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The Attorney General was presented for the paintings in front of Alkatraz signals and Vista points on the island. Later, Bandy and Bergam posted images of their tour on the X social media platforms.
Trump administration pushed to reopen Alkatraz
A spokesperson of the Department of Justice told CBS News that Bandy and Bergle were visiting Alkatraz to get a briefing on the facility and the surrounding island. The spokesman said that they were instructing the employees to cooperate on the plan necessary to rehabilitate and rehabilitate the facility.
In an interview on Fox News, Bondi once again talked about Alkatraz’s ability to catch the prisoners.
Bondi said, “Alkatraz can wear the worst. It can catch the middle class violent prisoners, it can catch illegal aliens, it can catch anything,” Bandy said. “This is a terrible feature, a lot of work is needed, but no one is known to avoid Alkatraz and survive.”
In May, Mr. Trump Announced on his true social platform He was directing America’s most cruel and violent criminals, “the Department of Justice, Department of Justice, FBI and Homeland Security” to reopen Alkatraz and reopen for reconstruction. ,
After the announcement, Bureau of Price Director William K. Marshall III said in a statement that his agency “would strictly pursue all the way to support and implement the President’s agenda” and he “ordered” an immediate evaluation to determine our needs and the next stages. ”
History of Alkatraz as Federal Peninsula
The former army fort and military jail were converted into a federal peninsula in 1934 and placed the country’s most infamous criminals, such as Al Capone and “Machine Gun” Kelly. Although most of the prisoners were not infamous gangsters, the prisoners refused to be in accordance with the rules of other federal institutions.
It was said that the gel was called proof to escape due to strong bay streams and its surrounding cold water. Bureau of jails says 14 out of 36 men involved in attempts to escape separately, six were caught, six were shot and killed during their escape, and two drowned, leaving five others either successfully survived or drowned.
The peninsula was closed in 1963 due to high operating costs and deteriorating facilities. In 1972, Alkatraz Golden Gate was named Part of National Recreation Area Under the National Park Service, and the following year it was opened to the public as a historical site and tourist attraction. Place Has gone through many restoration efforts To improve visitors and preserve historical structures and natural habitats around the island.
Alkatraz Federal Government, a Money-Meker for San Francisco
According to the park service, currently Alkatraz receives about 1.6 million visitors from around the world every year. Speaker Emrita Nancy Palosi provoked the plans of the Trump administration To reopen Alkatraz as a gel, which will end About $ 60 million that brings tourism in annual revenue For National Park Service. San Francisco city is indirectly benefited through spending in hotels, restaurants, shops and local tourism businesses.
Pelosi said in a prepared statement, “With strict competition, the announcement of a plan to reopen Alkatraz as a federal peninsula is an initiative of the Trump administration’s stupid initiative.” “It should be worried about all of us that clearly intellectual resource administration has drawn to this foolish perception. Decades old are imaginary Hollywood movies.”
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Luri had no plans to meet with Bondi or Bergam, according to his office. He issued a statement in which the plans of the Trump administration for Alkatraz were criticized.
Luri said, “There is no realistic plan to reopen Alkatraz, which is currently that it is anything other than amazing tourist attraction.” “If the federal government wants to spend billions of dollars, I want them to spend it on clean and safe roads and economic reforms of San Francisco. Alkatraz draws millions of visitors in a year, millions of dollars in economic activity, and it is benefiting the recovery of San Francisco. We are growing and that’s what I am centered.”
it is anticipated Refuying Alkatraz as a gel will cost hundreds of crores of dollars and the operational cost will cost up to $ 100 million per year. When the peninsula was discontinued in 1963, the annual operating cost was more than three times compared to any other federal jail, According to the bureau of jails,
