President Trump wants to bring back Alcatraz—not as a museum for history buffs or field trips, but as a fully operational federal prison. This isn’t forward-thinking, but rather old-school authoritarianism, a boomer fantasy of how to “get tough” on crime.

He’s ordered the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons to reopen and expand the infamous island facility to hold what he calls “America’s most ruthless and violent offenders.” It’s a move that feels less about public safety and more about raw assertion of power—an unmistakable message that control matters more than correction, and fear is more useful than fairness.

Trump’s obsession with Alcatraz........

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