LARRY PROVOST: Reopening Alcatraz Is A Brilliant Idea

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

President Trump recently announced his intention to reopen the island of Alcatraz as a revamped, modern prison under the auspices of the Bureau of Prisons. The left, naturally, immediately decried President Trump’s idea…

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