<p>President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was converted into a U.S. tourist destination because it had become too costly to house America’s worst criminals.</p>

The prison is where the government sent notorious gangsters, such as Al Capone, and others considered too dangerous to lock up elsewhere.{ai:summary}<p>Former President Donald Trump proposes to reinstate Alcatraz as a federal prison, reversing its transformation into a tourist site. This comes after the facility was deemed too expensive for housing high-profile criminals. #politics</p>

What is Alcatraz? How the island fortress became America’s most notorious prison

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