Ex-federal prosecutor: Alcatraz would strike fear

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00:00I just want to start by asking you, what do you make of this idea of reopening the prison at Alcatraz?

00:05Well, I think it's a pretty fascinating idea.

00:07I mean, you know, President Trump seems to never sleep and he's just coming up with ideas every second of the day.

00:12This is one that, look, it's not like it's a practical necessity to reopen the space that's been closed since 1963.

00:21But it's a symbolic one and it's a pretty powerful message.

00:24I mean, Alcatraz was viewed as an impregnable prison, an inescapable prison.

00:29They had 14 attempts in their 29 years.

00:32Most people think none were successful because, number one, it was high security.

00:36Number two, really cold waters with strong currents and great white sharks.

00:40So not a place that anyone really had a great chance of success, even if they got through the walls.

00:46Although there's one kind of mysterious escape attempt that people still talk about.

00:49But 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.

00:55Alcatraz, it strikes some fear in the hearts of some as a very difficult place.

01:01But I'll tell you, from being around criminal justice for, oh, I don't know, 35 years now,

01:06some of the federal penitentiaries that are there to be for the worst offenders are pretty severe circumstances.

01:13They may have.

01:14But...

01:14Amen.

01:15You