The White House on Friday requested $152 million to reopen Alcatraz, which is offshore from San Francisco, as a federal prison.
The funding appears in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, released by the administration. It would cover first-year costs for the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild the island facility into “a state-of-the-art secure prison facility,” according to the document. Alcatraz has operated as a National Park Service tourist site since 1973, after the federal prison closed in 1963.
The request directly advances President Donald Trump’s earlier call to restore the prison. Congress treats such budget proposals as suggestions rather than guaranteed spending….