Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" criminals

President Donald Trump has called for Alcatraz to be reopened as a modern maximum-security facility. Perched on an island about 1.25 miles offshore from San Francisco, the former federal prison gained near mythological status in American culture after housing notorious criminals like Al Capone and Robert Stroud,

Many California officials responded with a range of ridicule and concern about reopening the nearly century-old prison. State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, called it “unhinged.”