President Trump is asking Congress for $152 million to reopen Alcatraz as a high-security federal prison. The request appears in the White House’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget and would cover the first year of costs to rebuild the facility. Alcatraz closed in 1963 due to high operating costs and has been a National Park since 1972. House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said, “Rebuilding Alcatraz into a modern prison is a stupid notion that would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars and an insult to the intelligence of the American people.”