An inspection of Alcatrace Pom Bondi and the Burgum’s arc investigates the potential revival

Exclusive: Fox News was provided access to Alcratras Island on Thursday when US Prosecutor General Bondi and Secretary of Internal Affairs Doug Burgum visited the shameful former prison in San Francisco towards the president Donald Trump.

The visit was part of the official review to determine whether this site could return to the use of the federal content in the high security detention center.

“It was the idea of the president,” the White House Press -Secretary Carolyn Levit He explained during a briefing at the White House on Thursday in Washington, Columbia District: “He told about it in May and ordered his administration to revise the restoration plan for Alcatra, if possible.”

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Following Trump’s announcement on May 5 about the restoration of Alcatrace as a work prison, Bondi and Burgum joined the Fox News correspondent David Spinto To visit the “rock” to get a briefing on the site and evaluate the 91-year infrastructure of the former federal prison.

The visit, which included walks of the main cell blocks and outside the public, was usually closed to the public, was a mission to clarify the facts rather than the official recovery announcement.

Fox News correspondent David Stant interviewing Prosecutor General Bondi and Secretary of the Interior Burgum arc on Thursday in Alcatrace. An exclusive interview took place during a tour of the winning prison. (Fox News)

Bondi and Burgum spent several hours Checking the destroyed infrastructure discussing the potential of the island for future federal use. They went to prison and surrounding the island, met with the national park officials (NPS) and ordered the staff to cooperate on the previous plan to rehabilitate the complex.

Island is governed NPP Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

If its reactivated, it will manage the Prison Bureau, a division Ministry of Justice (Doj).

“So many people remember Al Capona, but it’s not about the past. It is about what can be Alcratras,” Spunt reports from the island. “They believe that together with their chief, the president, that it can be a symbol of the law and the order that this administration is looking for.”

Alcratras acted as a federal prison from 1934 to 1963, initially acted as a military prison in the 1850s. The name comes from “Alcatra” after the Spanish researcher Juan Manuel de Ayala 1775 While his etymology inspired the discussion, The Prison Bureau claims This most likely means “pelican” or “strange bird”.

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US Prosecutor General Bondi listens to the National Park official service through a limited tunnel during a private Alcatras island on Thursday. (Fox News)

Alcratras had a maximum capacity of 336 prisoners as well as more than 150 employees and their families as a federal prison. At the peak in the early 1960s, the operational cost of the prison per prison was more than $ 10 a day, which is almost double the average in the country, according to the Prison Bureau.

“This is a stunning object,” ” said Bondi. “It takes a lot of work, but of course, no one escaped from Alcatra and survive.”

Bondi told Fox News that he could theoretically contain a number of violators, including “violent criminals, federal predators and illegal foreigners.” She emphasized the symbolic value of her isolation and reputation for strict control.

Burgum said the goal is to evaluate the appropriateness of restoration of the alcatrax to the initial use.

“This is a federal property. Its original use was a prison. We are here to see if it can serve this goal again,” he said.

The island in San -Francis -Bey creates serious material and technical problems. Alcratras does not have direct power and water lines with Californian mainland More than a mile, and more than 1 million gallons of water per month were once crossed. Restoration will also require serious modernization to perform modern codes, including ada compliance, environmental rules and approval of the Prisons and Federal Courts.

Doj this week sent letters to California sheriffs seeking information about undocumented migrants coming out of state prisons. The administration official noted the Digital Fox News that while these letters reflect the DOJ public safety mission, they are not directly related to the Alcatras review.

Alcratras Island receives 1.5 million visitors annually. (Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Not everyone is on board. Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy PelosiIntroducing San Francisco in Congress, called the initiative “the most stupid” of Trump.

The administration has not announced the decision. Bondi and Burgum will report their conclusions to the president before official steps are taken.

After the closure in 1963, from the high expenses and the gnilade infrastructure, Alcatrase resumed to the public in 1973 as part of the Department of Internal Affairs. Now it is one of the most visited national parks in the country, attracting more than 1.5 million tourists annually. Such popularity can be a factor in any decision to return it on the website of secured fixes.

Alcratras have long captured American fantasy. Between 1934 and 1963, 14 attempts with 36 people were recorded, but the Prison Bureau claims that no escape has never achieved his freedom.

Officials believe that big currents may have taken away the lives of those who disappeared.

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“It’s an alcatras,” Burgum said. “The name still means something.”

Doj did not immediately respond to the Fox News Digital request.