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> Alcatraz was established as a military fort to defend San Francisco Bay after the Mexican-American War.
Military Prison (1907-1933):
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The island transitioned into a military prison, with prisoners housed in a new building constructed in 1912.
Federal Prison (1934-1963):
Mini Guantánamo Bay…. Where we can hold local military tribunal….hmmm wonder how long it’s going take to have the facility ready. Timeline set.?
The twin goals for building the original prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, were "to deal with the most incorrigible inmates in Federal prisons, and to show the law-abiding public that the Federal Government was serious" about stopping rampant crime in the 1920s and 1930s."
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/nx-s1-5387239/trump-alcatraz-reopen
Who are you talking to?