President Trump directed federal officials to open Alcatraz for detainees. it's not the first time the topic has cropped up.

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The prison is infamously inescapable due to the strong ocean currents and cold Pacific waters that surround it.

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Trump ordered multiple agencies to rebuild the penitentiary, which was closed in 1963 over high operating costs and has been ...

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Alcatraz Island hasn't been used as a federal penitentiary since 1963. It had a capacity of roughly 300 people.