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Work begins on world's LARGEST mega-prison as residents in uproar over 300ft-tall jail
https://www.msn.com/ ^ | April 4th, 2024 | Holly Bishop

Posted on 04/09/2024 12:27:11 PM PDT by Jonty30

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To: Jonty30

“It’s only going to hold about 100 more people than the Tombs”.

I don’t doubt you but where did you get the stat? I want to share it with someone.


61 posted on 04/10/2024 12:50:09 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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https://apnews.com/article/6053d86faae64edbb315510e319c5a81

...NEW YORK (AP) — New York City lawmakers voted Thursday to close the notorious Rikers Island jail complex, which has become synonymous with violence and neglect, and replace it with four smaller jails intended to be more modern and humane.

The City Council voted 36-13 to replace the complex with four smaller jails located closer to the city’s main courthouses in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens...


62 posted on 04/10/2024 12:56:04 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Beowulf9

The article says this prison will hold a 1000 people. The wikipedia article says the Tombs are good for 900 people. Obviously that is not quite true, because that is probably the number when you only put one person in a cell, whereas most jails are over capacity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tombs


63 posted on 04/10/2024 1:08:17 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: Jonty30

Thank you.


64 posted on 04/10/2024 1:16:19 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: xoxox

Forty FLOORS


65 posted on 04/10/2024 1:18:03 PM PDT by Gaffer
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That’s a lot of mopping.


66 posted on 04/10/2024 1:20:45 PM PDT by xoxox
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