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President Trump's fiscal 2027 budget requests $152 million as a first-year down payment to rebuild Alcatraz Island as a "state-of-the-art secure prison," a project critics estimate could ultimately cost over $2 billion. The proposal faces a wall of legal, logistical, and political obstacles — from National Historic Landmark protections and National Park Service jurisdiction to the basic physics of operating a modern prison on a 22-acre island with no fresh water, no sewage system, and boat-only access — while threatening to eliminate $60 million in annual tourism revenue and displace 1.6 million visitors per year.