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The federal prison system is actually down about 25% from its peak population and "there are a lot of empty beds" in existing prisons, Chin said. "So its not clear if a new one is needed."
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Oh, don't worry, I'm sure that Trump 2.0 and red-state governments have plans to fill up our prisons again very soon. Except in this case they may well be filled with immigrants whose only real crime is that they are immigrants with dark skin, and with American citizens who have dared to speak out against the glorious rule of Dear Leader.
 
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The prison closed because it was too expensive to continue operating, according to the Federal Bureau of Prison website. It was nearly three times more costly to operate than any other federal prison, largely due to its island location.

It would take an enormous amount of money to make Alcatraz into a functioning prison, Professor Gabriel Jack Chin from the Davis School of Law at the University of California told the BBC.

The federal prison system is actually down about 25% from its peak population and "there are a lot of empty beds" in existing prisons, Chin said. "So its not clear if a new one is needed."
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But just think of the tourist revenue from the ramtousers and doogoods of the world boating by and laughing at the inmates.

Now that due process is a thing od the past, the need for prisons will probably go up considerably under dictator Trump.
 
So this guy took an oath to " solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Is Trump's fallback going to be, " I said I would protect and defend the Constitution to the best of my ability, and I did to the best of my ability... and don't compare my ability to Biden, Obama, Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Ford, Carter..."
 
I suspect that the Alcatraz and the movie tariffs are simply distractions from the Constitution stunner.
 
Dude has a genuine obsession with sharks. And obviously he's just pure (but weird) nostalgia at this point.
 
Faucette said:
Alcatraz was one of the best things we did during out trip to California. We absolutely loved visiting. BOOOOO to cutting that out
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I read that Alcatraz draws approx. 60 million annually as a tourist attraction but that it would cost 13 million annually to operate, not counting the millions that it would take to convert back to a prison. He's totally deranged.
 
dukeman92 said:
I read that Alcatraz draws approx. 60 million annually as a tourist attraction but that it would cost 13 million annually to operate, not counting the millions that it would take to convert back to a prison. He's totally deranged.
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No clue how many they’d imprison at an Alcatraz Super Max……in 2019, it was estimated that it cost $78,000 per inmate for the 375 inmates at the Florence Super Max; Florence Super Max cost $60 million to build when it opened in 1994.

Alcatraz Super Max would cost multiples of $60 million to build.

It won’t get built (cheaper to build one in a freaking desert).
 
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