Alcatraz historian who lived on the island weighs in on reopening plan

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Historian Jolene Babyak shares her experience of living at Alcatraz as a child with other families and outlines some of the issues at the prison island like no water, no sewage treatment, and disrepair of the aging buildings that would make President Trump’s plan of reopening difficult.