prison

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The budget request is seeking money "to rebuild Alcatraz as a state-of-the-art secure prison facility", with funds covering the first year of costs.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

"Rebuilding Alcatraz into a modern prison is a stupid notion that would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars and an insult to the intelligence of the American people."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The White House, for example, is seeking $152 million from Congress to turn Alcatraz back into a maximum-security prison, an idea the president has talked about for several years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The White House argues that rebuilding the site would help modernize the federal prison system and expand capacity for high-risk inmates.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

How Nollie understood the gray color-hunger of prison!

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom