Overview
- The FY2027 proposal requests $152 million for the first year of reopening Alcatraz as a rebuilt high‑security facility.
- The line item sits within a proposed $1.7 billion boost for the Bureau of Prisons to raise pay and improve working conditions during staffing shortages.
- San Francisco leaders object to turning a top tourist draw that hosts about 1.2 million visitors a year back into a prison, with Mayor Daniel Lurie calling the idea not serious.
- The Bureau of Prisons is studying what it would cost to rebuild on the island, which closed in 1963 because of deteriorating buildings and high maintenance needs.
- White House budgets signal priorities rather than guarantees, and lawmakers will now decide whether to fund, change, or reject the request.