President Trump’s April 2026 budget request sought $152 million in fiscal 2027 funding to begin converting the National Park Service-managed Alcatraz Island back into a federal prison, reviving a 2025 proposal to house high-security inmates there. The plan encountered immediate barriers, including the island’s status as a protected historic landmark generating substantial tourism revenue, the absence of basic infrastructure such as running water or sewage systems, high historical operating costs, and strong opposition from San Francisco officials and members of Congress. No appropriations were enacted, no land transfer occurred, and no construction advanced by September 2026. With only months remaining in the year, these procedural, logistical, and political hurdles sustain the near-certain trader view that reopening will not occur, though an unexpected late-year congressional action or executive directive could theoretically alter the timeline.
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This market will resolve to "Yes" if at least one inmate is officially held at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
The inmate must be detained by the U.S. federal government as part of a formal correctional or detention program. Temporary holds of less than 24 hours or symbolic events will not count.
The resolution source will be a consensus of credible reporting.President Trump’s April 2026 budget request sought $152 million in fiscal 2027 funding to begin converting the National Park Service-managed Alcatraz Island back into a federal prison, reviving a 2025 proposal to house high-security inmates there. The plan encountered immediate barriers, including the island’s status as a protected historic landmark generating substantial tourism revenue, the absence of basic infrastructure such as running water or sewage systems, high historical operating costs, and strong opposition from San Francisco officials and members of Congress. No appropriations were enacted, no land transfer occurred, and no construction advanced by September 2026. With only months remaining in the year, these procedural, logistical, and political hurdles sustain the near-certain trader view that reopening will not occur, though an unexpected late-year congressional action or executive directive could theoretically alter the timeline.
This market will resolve to "Yes" if at least one inmate is officially held at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
The inmate must be detained by the U.S. federal government as part of a formal correctional or detention program. Temporary holds of less than 24 hours or symbolic events will not count.
The resolution source will be a consensus of credible reporting.
The inmate must be detained by the U.S. federal government as part of a formal correctional or detention program. Temporary holds of less than 24 hours or symbolic events will not count.
The resolution source will be a consensus of credible reporting.
Market Opened: Apr 8, 2026, 6:13 PM ET
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$1,381End Date
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Apr 8, 2026, 6:13 PM ETResolver
0x65070BE91...This market will resolve to "Yes" if at least one inmate is officially held at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
The inmate must be detained by the U.S. federal government as part of a formal correctional or detention program. Temporary holds of less than 24 hours or symbolic events will not count.
The resolution source will be a consensus of credible reporting.President Trump’s April 2026 budget request sought $152 million in fiscal 2027 funding to begin converting the National Park Service-managed Alcatraz Island back into a federal prison, reviving a 2025 proposal to house high-security inmates there. The plan encountered immediate barriers, including the island’s status as a protected historic landmark generating substantial tourism revenue, the absence of basic infrastructure such as running water or sewage systems, high historical operating costs, and strong opposition from San Francisco officials and members of Congress. No appropriations were enacted, no land transfer occurred, and no construction advanced by September 2026. With only months remaining in the year, these procedural, logistical, and political hurdles sustain the near-certain trader view that reopening will not occur, though an unexpected late-year congressional action or executive directive could theoretically alter the timeline.
This market will resolve to "Yes" if at least one inmate is officially held at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
The inmate must be detained by the U.S. federal government as part of a formal correctional or detention program. Temporary holds of less than 24 hours or symbolic events will not count.
The resolution source will be a consensus of credible reporting.
The inmate must be detained by the U.S. federal government as part of a formal correctional or detention program. Temporary holds of less than 24 hours or symbolic events will not count.
The resolution source will be a consensus of credible reporting.
Volume
$1,381End Date
Jan 1, 2027Market Opened
Apr 8, 2026, 6:13 PM ETResolver
0x65070BE91...President Trump’s April 2026 budget request sought $152 million in fiscal 2027 funding to begin converting the National Park Service-managed Alcatraz Island back into a federal prison, reviving a 2025 proposal to house high-security inmates there. The plan encountered immediate barriers, including the island’s status as a protected historic landmark generating substantial tourism revenue, the absence of basic infrastructure such as running water or sewage systems, high historical operating costs, and strong opposition from San Francisco officials and members of Congress. No appropriations were enacted, no land transfer occurred, and no construction advanced by September 2026. With only months remaining in the year, these procedural, logistical, and political hurdles sustain the near-certain trader view that reopening will not occur, though an unexpected late-year congressional action or executive directive could theoretically alter the timeline.
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