President Donald Trump announced he wants to turn Alcatraz Island into a working prison, but can the infrastructure hold up? CNN’s Veronica Miracle visited the prison to see how infrastructure decay could pose issues for reopening the facility and how tourism for the city of San Francisco would take a hit.
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CNN tours Alcatraz after Trump says he wants to turn it into a working prison

President Donald Trump announced he wants to turn Alcatraz Island into a working prison, but can the infrastructure hold up? CNN’s Veronica Miracle visited the prison to see how infrastructure decay could pose issues for reopening the facility and how tourism for the city of San Francisco would take a hit.

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