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Ex-federal prosecutor: Alcatraz would strike fear
AlArabiya English
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5/7/2025
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I just want to start by asking you, what do you make of this idea of reopening the prison at Alcatraz?
00:05
Well, I think it's a pretty fascinating idea.
00:07
I mean, you know, President Trump seems to never sleep and he's just coming up with ideas every second of the day.
00:12
This is one that, look, it's not like it's a practical necessity to reopen the space that's been closed since 1963.
00:21
But it's a symbolic one and it's a pretty powerful message.
00:24
I mean, Alcatraz was viewed as an impregnable prison, an inescapable prison.
00:29
They had 14 attempts in their 29 years.
00:32
Most people think none were successful because, number one, it was high security.
00:36
Number two, really cold waters with strong currents and great white sharks.
00:40
So not a place that anyone really had a great chance of success, even if they got through the walls.
00:46
Although there's one kind of mysterious escape attempt that people still talk about.
00:49
But look, the bottom line is he's sending a message and it's dominating some of the news coverage for him to talk about Alcatraz.
00:55
Alcatraz, it strikes some fear in the hearts of some as a very difficult place.
01:01
But I'll tell you, from being around criminal justice for, oh, I don't know, 35 years now,
01:06
some of the federal penitentiaries that are there to be for the worst offenders are pretty severe circumstances.
01:13
They may have.
01:14
But...
01:14
Amen.
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