Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum are visiting Alcatraz Island to advance a proposal to reopen the former federal prison. Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi condemned the plan, calling it the Trump Administration's stupidest initiative. Despite being a popular tourist spot, converting Alcatraz back into a high-security prison would involve significant bureaucratic hurdles and prohibitively expensive construction. Pelosi suggested the visit served as a distraction from recent controversial policy issues facing the Trump administration, including scrutiny over the handling of the Epstein case.
With stiff competition, the planned announcement to reopen Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary is the Trump Administration's stupidest initiative yet, Pelosi said in a statement Wednesday.
But reopening the island would be a major undertaking. Even if the plan passes the numerous bureaucratic hurdles and regulations before it, construction on the rocky island could be prohibitively expensive.
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