{"id":2436250,"date":"2025-05-18T20:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T00:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alcatraz-absolutely-can-reopen-bureau-of-prisons-director-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T20:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T00:30:26","slug":"alcatraz-absolutely-can-reopen-bureau-of-prisons-director-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alcatraz-absolutely-can-reopen-bureau-of-prisons-director-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcatraz \u2018absolutely\u2019 can reopen: Bureau of Prisons director &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falcatraz-absolutely-can-reopen-bureau-of-prisons-director-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2436250&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Federal Bureau of Prisons Director william Marshall III has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-chinese-diplomat-says-us-too-negative-toward-china-amid-rising-tensions\/\" title=\"Top Chinese Diplomat Says US \u2018Too Negative\u2019 Toward China Amid Rising Tensions\">expressed optimism<\/a> regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-hesitant-to-approve-reopening-of-u-s-consulate-in-jerusalem-citing-threat-to-regional-stability\/\" title=\"Israel hesitant to approve reopening of U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, citing threat to regional stability\">potential reopening<\/a> of Alcatraz Federal Prison. He stated he is &#8220;really excited&#8221; about the plans to use the facility again, which President Donald Trump has directed multiple agencies to rebuild for housing &#8220;America&#8217;s most ruthless and violent offenders.&#8221; This initiative aligns with the Trump administration&#8217;s focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-will-be-no-enforcement-sheriff-blasts-biden-for-dismantling-ice\/\" title=\"\u2018There Will Be No Enforcement\u2019: Sheriff Blasts Biden For \u2018Dismantling\u2019 ICE\">deporting illegal immigrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall praised Trump&#8217;s vision and emphasized the historical significance of Alcatraz, comparing it to renowned sports venues. He mentioned that engineering teams are currently assessing the site, and he is eager about the opportunities that lie ahead. While he noted the need to inspect the facility further to discuss potential timelines, he also highlighted a vision for accountability within the nation&#8217;s prison system. Additionally, political figures like Sen. Eric Schmitt have shown support for the initiative, viewing it as a means of deterrence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Alcatraz &lsquo;absolutely&rsquo; can reopen: Bureau of Prisons director<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2114903\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Federal Bureau of Prisons Director William Marshall III expressed confidence in the viability of using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3400567\/trump-directs-agencies-rebuild-reopen-alcatraz-federal-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alcatraz\">Alcatraz<\/a> again, stating that he is &ldquo;really excited&rdquo; about putting the facility back to use.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> directed multiple agencies, including the Federal Bureau of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prisons<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3400567\/trump-directs-agencies-rebuild-reopen-alcatraz-federal-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rebuild the Alcatraz Island federal prison<\/a>. The infamous jail would be used &ldquo;to house America&rsquo;s most ruthless and violent offenders.&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s directive comes as his administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prioritized deporting illegal immigrants<\/a> out of the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3415223\/kash-patel-new-russiagate-information-accountability\/\">Kash Patel previews new Russiagate information will provide &#8216;accountability&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3415036\/appeals-court-unfreezes-trump-order-targeting-federal-worker-unions\/\">Appeals court unfreezes Trump order targeting federal worker unions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3413764\/judge-blasts-dojs-state-secrets-claims-abrego-garcia\/\">Judge blasts DOJ state secrets claims in Abrego Garcia case: &#8216;Utter frustration&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Marshall commended the president for &ldquo;the way he thinks,&rdquo; and described &ldquo;how exciting&rdquo; it is to be able to reopen Alcatraz.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you think of Alcatraz, you think of Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Lambeau Field, those types of facilities, you just get that kind of feeling about Alcatraz when you think of those historical venues,&rdquo; Marshall stated on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>My View with Lara Trump<\/em>. &ldquo;And so yeah, we absolutely think we can get it done. We&rsquo;ve got engineering teams out there now that are doing some assessments, and so I&rsquo;m just really excited about the opportunity and possibilities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2940400&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=32cc34abf6173dfd7f7c12b91ddd2de9\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When asked about the timeframe for when Alcatraz can officially be back in business, Marshall revealed he needed to visit the location to take &ldquo;a look at the landscape.&rdquo; He described how most of the prison could be made of new materials that are not nearly as heavy, ensuring the island can withstand &ldquo;the weight-bearing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3408041\/alcatraz-prisoner-opens-up-life-behind-bars-trump-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ONE OF THE LAST LIVING ALCATRAZ PRISONERS OPENS UP ABOUT LIFE BEHIND BARS AND TRUMP PLANS TO REOPEN IT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo\/Noah Berger)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On reestablishing law and order in the country, Marshall disclosed that he wants to visit the nation&rsquo;s prison facilities and see what people there &ldquo;have to say.&rdquo; He added that he wants to restore &ldquo;a sense of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-investigator-of-house-foreign-affairs-committee-resigns-over-committees-disappointing-lack-of-courage-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Senior investigator of House Foreign Affairs Committee resigns over committee\u2019s \u2018disappointing lack of courage\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">accountability&#038;rdquo<\/a>; in the nation, suggesting he could bring some of the traits he acquired as a West Virginia law enforcement officer to the bureau to make it &ldquo;as great as it can possibly be.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3401214\/trump-alcatraz-prison-deterrent-for-illegal-immigrants-eric-schmitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) expressed enthusiasm for Trump&rsquo;s plans to reopen Alcatraz<\/a>, suggesting the president is providing both &ldquo;punishment&rdquo; and &ldquo;deterrence&rdquo; through such initiatives. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), meanwhile, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3400733\/markwayne-mullin-trump-tariffs-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggested Alcatraz could cover the West Coast<\/a> while Rikers Island would imprison the East Coast&rsquo;s worst criminals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2114903\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2114903\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alcatraz can definitely reopen, says Bureau of Prisons director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2436251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Alcatraz-scaled-1024x642.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[49595,55497,4133,4546,32076],"class_list":["post-2436250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-alcatraz","tag-bureau-of-prisons","tag-news","tag-reopening","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Alcatraz-scaled-1024x642.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436250"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436255,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436250\/revisions\/2436255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2436251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}