In the post, Trump said he was directing the DOJ, FBI and Department of Homeland Security to look into rebuilding and expanding the prison to house the “most ruthless and violent offenders.” He wrote that reopening Alcatraz would “serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE.”

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to turn Alcatraz back into a federal prison was summarily rejected on Monday by some visitors to the tourist site in San Francisco Bay. Trump revealed a plan over the weekend to rebuild and expand the notorious island prison,