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Donald Trump announced this Sunday, May 4, having asked his administration to reopen and modernize the emblematic prison of Alcatraz, in San Francisco.
UNITED STATES – “Let’s reopen the Bagne d’Alcatraz. »» The former prison had become an emblematic attraction of the Bay of San Francisco, California. Tourists will no longer be welcome. And for good reason, Donald Trump announced this Sunday, May 4 that he had asked his administration to reopen and modernize the emblematic prison of Alcatraz, to lock up the most violent criminals.
“For too long, America has been the victim of vicious, violent and recurrent criminals, the lie of society, which will never bring anything other than misery and suffering”said the republican billionaire, in a message published on his social network Truth Social.
“This is why today I order at the prisons office, as well as at the Ministry of Justice, the FBI and the Ministry of the Interior to reopen, expand substantially and rebuild Alcatraz to lock up the most dangerous and violent criminals in America”continued the tenant of the oval office.
Closed in 1963 and became a museum
Donald Trump believes that the restart of the establishment, closed in March 1963, will be a “Symbol of law, order and justice”. The American president has made the fight against crime a key element in his second mandate in the White House.
The establishment, where the greatest chefs of the mafia had been imprisoned and in particular the Gangster Al Capone, was closed after only 29 years of service due to too high operating costs, according to the American prisons office.
After its closure, the establishment has become a place of memory and a public museum. Each year, the island prison nicknamed « the Rock »located 2 kilometers from the coast, welcomes more than 1.4 million visitors.
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