President Donald Trump calls for the notorious prison in San Francisco, California, now historic landmark, Alcatraz, to rebuild bigger and reopen to accommodate the country's most brutal and violent criminals.
Trump made the announcement in a truth society post Sunday night.
"Rebuild and open the Alcatraz Island!" said the president. “For a long time, the United States has been plagued by the vicious, violent and recurring criminals of social dregs who will make any contribution beyond pain and suffering.
"When we are a more serious country, in the past, we have no hesitation to lock in the most dangerous criminals and keep them away from anyone who may be hurt," Trump continued. "We no longer tolerate these serial criminals spreading dirty, bleeding and chaotic criminals on our streets."
On August 11, 1934, this day in history, America's most notorious prisoner arrived at Alcatraz Island
President Donald Trump ordered the reopening of the "significantly expanded and rebuilt "Alcatraz Island" island to accommodate "the most cruel and violent criminals in America." (Credit: Istock | Getty Images)
Trump said he is directing the Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security to reopen the “significantly expanded and rebuilt “Alcatraz” to accommodate the most brutal and violent criminals in the United States.”
"We will no longer be detained to criminals, thugs and judges who are afraid to do their jobs and allow us to remove criminals who have entered our country illegally," he said in the Post. "Reopening Alcatraz will be a symbol of law, order and justice. We will make America great again!"
Alcatraz opened in 1934, but the prison on 22 acres of rock was closed 29 years later.
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Alcatraz Island was opened as a prison in 1934. (Brandon Sloter/Getty Images)
Considering its 1.25-mile distance from the shore, the Bay Area Island is actually considered to be escape-proof, although there are 14 recorded escapes.
The most notorious one was the escape of John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris on June 11, 1962, inspired by the Escape from Alcatraz.
Whether the three arrive at the shore and survive it remains a mystery. The FBI concluded that the escapees drowned due to harsh conditions.
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The escape of the three criminals - John Anglin, Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris - includes the suspicious mysterious ship seen on the San Francisco Bay on the night of disappearance, detailed in the Oakland Tribune on June 17, 1962. (Mentiannews Group/Oakland Tribune Photography by Getty Images)
Three inmates chiseled an escape route from their own prison cells and built temporary paper.
Almost six months later, the last attempt to escape from prison inspired the "Escape from Alcatraz" triathlon swimming route.
Its most notorious prisoners include the gangsters, James "Whitey" Bulger, Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" Kelly, and the infamous birds of the demonic "Robert Stroud", and the "Public Enemy No. 1" Alvin Karpis.
Alcatraz finally closed in 1963, after its island operations proved to be much more expensive than mainland-based prisons.
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Today, Alcatraz is a San Francisco tourist attraction run by the National Park Service.
Kerry J. Byrne and Ryan Morik of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.