White House confirms Alcatraz plan with $152m budget request to reopen infamous prison as state-of-the-art facility

THE White House is eyeing reopening America’s most infamous prison with a $152million rebuilding plan.

Donald Trump’s newly announced budget includes funds to make Alcatraz a “state of the art” prison.

Alcatraz operated for just under 30 years as a federal prison on a rocky island off the coast of San Francisco, California.

The prison housed famous criminals like Al Capone, but it closed in 1963 due to rising costs.