Reopened Alcatraz From Home of Al Capone To Living Quarters of Nancy Pelosi?
Dollison was spot-on in writing that President Trump was “on the right track” in wanting to have Alcatraz returned as a ‘state-of-the-art secure prison';
President Donald Trump’s plan to reopen Alcatraz as a ‘state-of-the-art secure prison,’ under his recently announced $152M congressional budget request, could already have former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other politicians on the run.
More than ironically, Alcatraz, once home to mob boss Al Capone, could become home to long alleged suspected Insider Trade Queen Pelosi and other Insider Trading congressional colleagues.
“President Donald Trump first pushed the idea last year, directing the Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Justice and other federal agencies to reopen and expand Alcatraz to detain what he called America’s "most ruthless and violent offenders.” (Fox News, April 4, 2026)
"REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ! the president said in a Truth Social post last May. "For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering.“Located in San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz has been closed since 1963 and currently operates as a popular tourist destination under the National Park Service.”
Last May, Canada Free Press/Americas Free Press columnist Phil Dollison, who grew up on Alcatraz, sent his May 18, 2025 column, along with a personal letter to President Trump, telling him he was on the right track wanting to bring Alcatraz back as a prison.
Phil, son of Alcatraz Associate Warden Arthur Dollison, and his siblings grew up on Alcatraz.
He was both surprised and overjoyed when the president wrote him back:
“Hi Judi,“You can imagine how excited I was when I received a big envelope from the White House today. It was in response to the article you did last year about my living on Alcatraz and wanting to be the liaison for the turnover of Alcatraz back to being a Federal Prison.“I hope you received it. It was signed by Donald J Trump. Let’s see what happens…Thanks so much again."Phil Dollison.”
Editor’s Note: As it turns out, long-time Canada Free Press pundit and commenter Phil Dollison, son of Arthur Dollison, Associate Warden of Alcatraz—who says that President Donald Trump is on the right track wanting to bring Alcatraz back—actually lived on Alcatraz Island with his family as a 16-year-old teenager, underlines the old adage that Truth is often stranger than fiction.
“Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., slammed the proposal in a post on X on Friday.
"Rebuilding Alcatraz into a modern prison is a stupid notion that would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars and an insult to the intelligence of the American people," Pelosi wrote. "Alcatraz is a historic museum that belongs to the public, and San Franciscans will not stand for Washington turning one of our most iconic landmarks into a political prop.”
Pelosi has a provable track record on controlling San Francisco’s waterfront.
‘Nancy Pelosi and Son Paul’s Alleged Scandals Go Much Deeper than the Ukraine’ (Canada Free Press, December 29, 2019)
"From OAN
"Among other things, the report revealed videos of Paul Pelosi Jr.’s 2017 trip to the country, which are currently being removed online."These accusations are similar to those against former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, who allegedly earned $156 million from corruption schemes in Ukraine."President Trump shared an additional OAN report on Friday, in which Ukrainian officials testified on Democrat interference in the 2016 elections. He thanked One America News for "incredible reporting" and slammed mainstream media for not doing "the same.”
“You don’t have to go all the way to Ukraine to find allegations of corruption on ‘Nancy & Son’ when a decades old one exists at home—right in their own backyard.
“Nancy Pelosi has been trucking with her son, Paul in shady development deals on home turf for years.
"While Madam Nancy Pelosi polishes her spin, the too many skeletons in her closet threaten to come crashing out the door."Conflicts of interest mark the ambitious career of the House Speaker designate and her past will someday catch up with her, perhaps at a time most inconvenient for her Democrat colleagues."Breathtaking in sheer boldness, the conflicts are the stuff of movies, the kind with a storyline in which the heroine lectures her defeated opponents about their Culture of Corruption, only to find herself at the center of her own Culture of Corruption."Pelosi could give Paul Volcker a run for his money in the conflict of interest department when he was investigating the United Nations Oil-for-Food scandal."The plot of any movie about the climb to power of Nancy Pelosi would showcase how powerful, greedy politicians push aside low-income families in projects that instead feather their own nests."A sort of Robin Hood Rip-off in reverse."The ostensible intent of the Federal Government's 1988 Base Realignment and Closures act (BRaC) was to look after the little people first. all closed military bases would be privately developed for the benefit of neighboring support communities. at the end of the day, no one would be displaced or adversely impacted by the closings."Like many government schemes, it sounded good in theory, but the fairytale turned nightmare almost overnight.First came the Presidio and Pelosi's role as an investor in a real estate investment entity called Presidio Partners."The Presidio Trust, a group of well-connected citizens, was charged with stewardship of the new national park. The Trust made a big show of gathering public input, which it then ignored in favor of building the absurdly gargantuan Letterman Digital arts Center.” ([url=http://www.fogcityjournal.com]http://www.fogcityjournal.com[/url])."The $100-million Digital arts Center celebrated its official opening on June 26, 2005 with a smiling Pelosi, Senator Barbara Boxer and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in attendance."Then came Pelosi's role in the 500-acre Hunters Point Shipyard."The Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment measures have been called the most corrupt legislative initiatives to pass successfully through San Francisco.” ([url=http://www.seanhannity.com]http://www.seanhannity.com[/url])."In order to speed up the process to have the lagging US Navy turn the property over to San Francisco, Pelosi used John Murtha, the powerful ranking Democrat on the House military appropriations subcommittee, who did her bidding to press to have the Navy sign a binding agreement for the deal on a specific date."According to the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom met on March 31 in the Capitol offices of Pelosi. Pelosi is the aunt of Laurence Pelosi, Newsom's cousin and campaign treasurer."Also in attendance were Navy assistant Secretary Johnson, Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, along with the influential Murtha."Laurence Pelosi is Senior Vice President of Lunar/BVHP, which has commercial development rights for the redevelopment of Hunters Point Shipyards."Most folk know that Nancy is the wife of a multimillionaire."Members of Gavin Newsom's wine, restaurant, bar, resort and real estate partnerships since 1991 include Isolep Enterprises, Paul and Nancy Pelosi family personal investment company. ([url=http://www.indybay.org]http://www.indybay.org[/url])."Nancy's son Paul Pelosi Jr. was appointed to the Commission on the Environment by former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown in 2003, and now serves as Vice President."San Francisco attorney Michael Yaki, a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is a past director in Rep. Nancy Pelosi's office."Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's conflicts of interest in the Shipyard development have been reported to the U.S. attorney's office, the FBI and the Federal Elections Commission,” says member "In the Know". "Pelosi is currently in the center of an open investigation by the FEC stemming from her documented use of charitable funds she received from the Tides Foundation and Center, a 501 (3) non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco and controlled by Teresa Heinz Kerry.” ([url=http://www.hannity.com]http://www.hannity.com[/url])"Interesting to note that the Tides Foundation and Center calls the Presidio home."
"In an email to the San Francisco Bay View, Laurence Pelosi verified that he was a Lennar senior executive in March of 2004 at the time San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, his cousin for whom he had served as mayoral campaign treasurer, had signed the Hunters Point Shipyard Conveyance Agreement at the behest of Laurence’s Aunt Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. (San Francisco Bay View, April 5, 2009)
"After resigning from Lennar in May of 2004 – immediately before the shipyard conveyance legislation went before numerous City boards and commissions for approval – Laurence Pelosi joined the board of directors of the influential urban development think tank SPUR (San Francisco Planning and Urban Research) and went to work for Morgan Stanley."At a Dec. 14, 2003, hearing of the San Francisco Redevelopment Commission compounded by arrests, civil rights violations and invasions on the constitutional rights of the free press, the Redevelopment Agency approved a Disposition and Development Agreement granting Lennar Corp. of Miami, a company that enjoyed annual sales of $9 billion, exclusive development rights for the shipyard."San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom memorialized his violations of state and local ethics laws in January of 2005 by signing into law the Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment measures he sponsored before the Board of Supervisors and accepting, in an official ceremony, the transfer of Shipyard Parcel A from the Secretary of the Navy in exchange for one dollar!…The agreement came a few weeks after the Navy sent Newsom a letter saying it was having doubts about going ahead with a January 2004 symbolic agreement that had been announced, with potentially embarrassing fanfare, in Washington by Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, former Mayor Willie Brown and Navy Secretary Gordon England. According to the Chronicle, Newsom met in the Capitol offices of "Aunt Nancy" on March 31, 2004."In attendance were Navy Assistant Secretary Hansford T. Johnson, Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein and Rep. John Murtha, D-Penn., the ranking Democrat on the House Military Appropriations subcommittee, brought in by Pelosi to convince the Navy the time for delays had passed. Murtha made it clear he wanted a binding agreement signed "by Wednesday.""The Navy signed the accord despite new concerns the Radiological Affairs Support Office raised about the safety of the property for residential development due to the release of a massive investigation into the use of radioactive materials at the shipyard from 1939 to 2003. base at the Hunters Point Shipyard. Anderson, a principle partner in Treasure Island Community Development, held a fundraiser in his Sacramento office in March to help Newsom retire his $400,000 campaign debt."
"Unfortunately, while House Speaker Pelosi plays a leading role in the Trump Impeachment Inquiry, no one can hear the sound of scratching on the door coming from the skeletons in her corruption closet.
"One doesn’t have to dig too far into the past to unearth Nancy Pelosi’s role in both the Presidio and Hunter’s Point Shipyard development."
"Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after securing $60.4 million for Hunters Point re-testing and clean-up in the FY2019 Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs omnibus spending bill:
"Meanwhile, how was it even possible that the hungry-for-power Democrats allowed Nancy Pelosi to be their House Speaker?
"As CFP asked yesterday in its story exposing Pelosi as the "Real Russian Colluder": Where’s the televised Congressional Inquiry into Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi?
Meanwhile, CFP/AFP columnist Phil Dollison was on Alcatraz when it served as an inescapable prison built for imprisoning “the worst of the worst.”
Could be that he was prescient, now that Pelosi and colleagues could eventually be the “worst of the worst” at a rejuvenated Alcatraz?
Dollison was spot-on in writing that President Trump was “on the right track” in wanting to have Alcatraz returned as a ‘state-of-the-art secure prison.’
Judi McLeod——Bio and Archives
-- Judi McLeod, Founder, Owner and Editor of Canada Free Press, is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years’ experience in the print and online media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared throughout the ‘Net, including on Rush Limbaugh and Fox News.