Source: New York Post
by Rich Lowry
“‘The name of Napoleon,’ said the French emperor Napoleon III, ‘is a program in itself.’ The same is true of Alcatraz, or as President Trump put it in a Truth Social post announcing his intention to re-open the prison in San Francisco Bay, ‘ALCATRAZ.’ In his post, Trump declared, ‘We will no longer be held hostage to criminals, thugs, and Judges that are afraid to do their job,’ and re-building Alcatraz ‘will serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE.’ Trump is given to exemplary displays of strength and toughness, so it’s no wonder that he’s drawn to America’s most theatrically forbidding penitentiary, with three major motion pictures and counting devoted to it. Say what you will about Leavenworth, Clint Eastwood has never starred in a movie about trying to escape from it. ” (05/05/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/05/05/opinion/famous-name-aside-alcatraz-would-make-a-bad-deport-jail/