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Trump announced Alcatraz reopening hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on PBS (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

So... You take a prison which:

Generates $60M yearly from being currently a museum;
Needs serious rebuilding and modernization to even function at all;
Needs a way to be supplied with safe water, plus constant deliveries of all other necessities, likely by boat.

And you get:

A prison which generates little to no revenue, while needing funds to be kept functioning.
Only has its name and somber history going in its favor, because "prisoners should be afraid of the historic haunted prison".

Yes. Brilliant idea, truly a Trump deal in all its glory, as we get to see how the casino-bankrupter's mind works. Hopefully by the time the prison is ready Trump and his cronies get to be the first "tenants". And whoever comes next declares the prison closed again and leaves them rotting there.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 hours ago

I bet he plans on charging rent to the prisoners at California rates or some bullshit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago

Somebody needs to just wave something shiny in front of him to distract him from this stupid idea.