Attorney General Bondi visits Alcatraz as Trump floats idea of reopening the former federal prison

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CNN  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi toured the former Alcatraz prison on Thursday as the Trump administration pushes the idea of re-establishing it as a prison more than 60 years after it was closed. Bondi was there with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to receive a briefing on the facility, a Justice Department official said, and is “discussing facilities with Park Police on the ground, and directing staff to collaborate on the necessary planning to rehabilitate and reopen the facility.” Bondi