Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison to lock away the 'dregs of society' | 4 May 2025 | President Trump called on his administration to reopen and expand Alcatraz so authorities could send the "dregs of society" to the notorious California prison more than six decades after it closed. The commander in chief announced Sunday that he was directing the Bureau of Prisons and other federal agencies to get the massive island facility off the San Francisco bay -- which has long been the lore of Hollywood -- back up and running again to lock away homegrown, repeat criminals. "For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering," he wrote on Truth Social... Trump, 78, also said the "substantially enlarged and rebuilt" prison would "serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE."