CA: San Quentin prison should be closed, politicians say

San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | May 21, 2005 | Associated Press

[martin_fierro]

About two hours.

[calcowgirl]

Take a look at Soros' non-profit tax filings.

He's been funding many of these prison activist groups!
No surprise, here.

[Alia]

What a bunch of spoilsports!!!

Exiting the San Rafael Bridge on the Marin side with SAN QUENTIN as "port of entry" into Marin.. is just so... so.. fitting!

Marin County is a beautiful, beautiful land. Taken over by pod people who are into "control freakism" over the lives of others. Didn't used to be that way...

Nonetheless.. building a new one 40 acres "west" of the current site? Exactly.. where?

[dr huer]

Out source them. Siberia would be quite cheap. No support group waiting for them if they escape. Living off the country pretty hard. Fly their lawyers there once a year.

[Lazamataz]

Both men emphasized that their efforts to close the prison were attempts to save taxpayers' money; they didn't necessarily want to use the 432-acre prime waterfront property, which features stunning views of San Francisco Bay – for luxury housing.

They didn't necessarily deny it either.

[calcowgirl]

How 'bout they bunk up over the legislators' garages?

How 'bout those on death row be put to death!

[Alissa]

The property is worth mega-bucks. This is a good decision - the price Calif could get for that property would build a much bigger prison in the desert.

[DumpsterDiver]

San Quentin has (had) a gift shop

As does the L.A. County Coroners Office. For $25.00 this beach towel can be all yours.

List of products

[inquest]

This is a good decision - the price Calif could get for that property would build a much bigger prison in the desert.

Hopefully that's their intention.

[Riley]

We were told that in the event that any of us on the tour were taken hostage, that it was prison policy NOT to negotiate for our lives.

I used to deliver things to San Quentin, Vacaville, and other California prisons. I was told the same thing, and to sign a form that documented that I understood it. At San Quentin, prisoners helped me to unload the van. They didn't give me a bad time, or ask me to help them to escape, or anything. It was pretty much like dealing with any other loading dock crew. Of the prisons, Vacaville was the only really creepy one.

I remember one gate guard at San Quentin who'd clear me into the facility by saying, "Remember- take no prisoners". I'd always answer with, "That's okay, I don't want any." LOL!

[Jeff Gordon]

We found a facility so old, antiquated, dirty, poorly staffed, poorly maintained, with inadequate medical space and equipment and overcrowded that it is our opinion that it is dangerous to house people there....

It is a prison not a resort.

[Old North State]

I'm for tearing the prison down to build a mega-refinery or nuclear power plant.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

We found a facility so old, antiquated,...

Sounds like an opportunity for liberals to register it as a California Historical Site...

San Quentin is definately more historical than Alcatraz.

Tear down the old Alcatraz prison, build a new one exclusively for death row prisoners and then turn San Quentin into a gay marriage/bath house/honeymoon resort...

Perfect for San Francisco...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

See my previous post...

I would rather see a huge nuclear reactor facility safely located in the middle of the Death Valley...

Maybe turn the San Quentin site into a mental hospital for all the Baty Area liberals with post-election anxiety!

[simplesusan]

And if it was your son? Still send them ?

[Temple Owl]

Okay. Turkish jails, I'll go for that.