When President Donald Trump called for the reopening of Alcatraz at his Truth Social Post Sunday night, many Americans recalled the infamous prisons along San Francisco, California.
"Rebuild and open Alcatraz!" Trump wrote. “For too long, the United States has been plagued by viciousness, violence and repetition. Criminal criminal, The slags of society will never make any contribution except pain and suffering. ”
Trump directed several agencies, including the Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, to develop plans to reopen the “large-expanded and rebuilt “Alcatraz Prison” that will “accommodating the most brutal and violent criminals in the United States.” He said the reopening of the demon “will become a symbol of law, order and justice.”
During the nearly 30-year federal prison, the demons housed more than 1,500 prisoners in total. Read the following most notorious prisoners:
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Al Capone was charged with tax evasion in 1931. (FBI)
Al Capone spent some time in several prisons across the United States before serving his sentence on Alcatraz. Capone was charged with tax evasion in 1931 and although initially signed guilt on 16 June 1931, he would change his plea to innocence after the Chairman's Justice said he was not bound by any plea agreement.
After being convicted on October 18, 1931, Capone was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison, and he was sentenced to six months of court sentence. Capone was held in the Cook County Jail, Illinois when trying to appeal his conviction.
According to History - He started his sentence at the U.S. prison in Atlanta, but was transferred to Alcatraz in 1934 after accusing Capone of receiving comfortable treatment by manipulating the prison system.
Capone was released from Alcatraz in 1939 with good behavior. He spent last year on Alcatraz Island, a hospital after syphilis.
Capone did not return to his old lifestyle after being released from Alcatraz and was regarded as a 12-year-old mentality by a Baltimore psychiatrist in 1946. He lives with his wife and immediate family on Palm Island on an island near Miami Island, Florida.
He died of stroke and pneumonia on January 25, 1947.
1920s cup George "machine gun" Kelly. (FBI)
George Kelly, along with HS's wife, Kathryn Kelly, kidnapped Oklahoma tycoons Charles F. Urschel and Walter Jarrett on July 22, 1933.
On July 26, 1933, Urschel's close friend JG Catlett received a package written by Urschel, asking him to go to Oklahoma City and not communicate with the Urschel family. The package also received a ransom demand of $200,000.
After the ransom was completed, Urschel finally returned home on July 31, 1933.
Kellis was arrested in Memphis, Tennessee during a law enforcement attack by FBI agents and the Memphis Police Department. During the arrest, George Kelly allegedly cried: "Don't shoot, G-Men! Don't shoot, G-Men!" according to the FBI.
George Kelly was locked in Alcatraz from 1934 to 1951. After his wife bought him a machine gun and encouraged him to commit a crime, he got his nickname "Machine Gun".
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Robert Stroud killed a corrections officer in 1916. (Prison Bureau)
In 1909, Robert Stroud killed a bartender who was allegedly not paying a prostitute and was pimping. He was convicted of manslaughter and served his sentence in the U.S. prison in McNeill Island, Washington. According to the Bureau of Prisons, in federal prison, Stroud attacked another inmate, causing him to be transferred to USP Leavenworth.
During USP Leavenworth, Stroud killed Andrew Turner, corrections officer, in 1916.
As a result, Stroud was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. In 1920, former President Woodrow Wilson sent his sentence to life imprisonment.
While in prison, Stroud developed a strong interest in birds and will continue to write two books on birds and their diseases. Prison officials eventually discovered prohibited items hidden in bird cages that enveloped his hands, causing him to transfer to Alcatraz in 1942.
Stroud spent 17 years on Alcatraz before he died on November 21, 1963.
Alvin Karpis was involved in the 1933 kidnapping of Jr. William A. Hamm. (FBI)
Alvin Karpis is a member of Barker/Karpis Gang, a gang that has been involved in many high-profile kidnappings.
According to the FBI, Karpis was involved in the kidnapping of William A. Hamm, president of Theodore Hamm Brewing Company in 1933. Hamm (Jr.) left the building when he was captured by four people who pushed him into the car.
Members of the Barker/Karpis gang are responsible for the kidnapping and demand a ransom of more than $100,000. Hamm signed many ransoms in Wisconsin before being taken to a hiding place in Bensenville, Illinois. After paying the ransom, Hamm was released near Wyoming, Minnesota.
The FBI uses fingerprint technology to identify suspects in the kidnapping using fingerprints on ransom notes - Capis, "Doc" Barker, Charles Fitzgerald and other members of the gang.
Capis was eventually arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana, and former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was part of the raid that led to his arrest on May 2, 1936.
Born in Montreal, Karpis was sentenced to 10 years in prison for burglary before working with members of the Buck family to commit more extreme crimes.
When Capis was sentenced to life imprisonment, he spent some time in various federal prisons, including demons. He was released on parole in the late 1960s. He received the "creepy" nickname thanks to his smile.
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Morton Sobell was convicted on behalf of the Soviet Union in 1951, but was not convicted of providing the Soviet Union with the stolen nuclear secrets.
He was sentenced to 30 years in prison, 18 of which he was sentenced to Alcatraz Island and then parole in 1969.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were charged with Sober, were sentenced to death through the electric chair.