18 h. ago Alcatraz wants to reopen under Trump. How it earned its notorious reputation

Trump says Alcatraz, now part of the National Park Service, suddenly is needed to house America’s “most ruthless and violent” criminals.

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19 h. ago Violent offenders unit makes 10 arrests in northern Manitoba: RCMP

Ten violent offenders were tracked down and arrested over a four-day period in northern Manitoba, RCMP say.

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23 h. ago Trump says he’ll reopen Alcatraz prison for ‘America’s most ruthless and violent offenders’

Such a move would likely be an expensive and challenging proposition. Bringing the facility up to modern-day standards would require massive investments

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25 h. ago Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz prison for ‘most ruthless’ criminals

Bringing the facility up to modern-day standards would require massive investments at a time when the Bureau of Prisons has been shuttering prisons for infrastructure issues.

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38 h. ago Trump says he will reopen ‘substantially enlarged’ Alcatraz prison

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island. In a message on his Truth Social site Sunday evening, Trump wrote that, “For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of […]

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2 w. ago Jamie Sarkonak: Why Poilievre’s three strikes plan for violent offenders has promise

Academics who criticize the proposal ignore the the favourable evidence

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