President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social platform that his administration has started “conceptual work” aimed at renovating and reopening the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. He added that multiple prison-development firms have expressed interest in taking part in the project, which he described as being in the early planning stages but showing “lots of promise.” Trump framed the initiative as a response to what he called rising crime and illegal immigration, saying the refurbished island prison would serve as a potent symbol of law-and-order policy. The penitentiary, famous for housing inmates such as Al Capone, was shut in 1963 and has since operated as a national historic site and popular tourist attraction. The announcement follows the president’s visit earlier in the day to a new migrant detention facility in Florida—dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”—which he said influenced his renewed interest in reviving the original, shark-surrounded site off California’s coast.