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johnnyfins

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11. Yep. Most cells are solitary confinement.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #10)

Sat May 24, 2025, 09:41 AM

May 24

Each one having its own little exercise yard. .

We joke, but they are looking at EVERY closed facility in the country. Probably Holmesburg too.

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US officials visit Alcatraz amid Trump's plan to reopen island prison [View all] BumRushDaShow May 24 OP

Regimentation, detention, incarceration, lack of due process bucolic_frolic May 24 #1

The overall picture is rather horrifying PatSeg May 24 #21

inane creon May 24 #2

Just another demented whim that Trump thinks is genius. ananda May 24 #9

el gringo loco creon May 24 #31

He should demolish it and build a golf course there. Autumn May 24 #3

Bravo! 4th May 24 #4

Sure, let's spend a few hundred grand on engineering consultants followed by $100 billion or so sinkingfeeling May 24 #5

Jeez! Elect a clown, expect a circus. Where's DOGE on his latest whacky idea? surfered May 24 #6

I visited Alcatraz 25 years ago gab13by13 May 24 #7

I would be in favor of him being moved in there rurallib May 24 #8

If they continue to look at that as a "viable" facility BumRushDaShow May 24 #10

Yep. Most cells are solitary confinement. johnnyfins May 24 #11

And possibly the old Graterford prison (since SCI Phoenix is open now) BumRushDaShow May 24 #17

Forgot that one johnnyfins May 24 #22

Is Andersonville an option? Is Devil's Island an opportunity for off shore imprisonment? displacedvermoter May 24 #29

My first thought too. Then there is Waverly Hills. appleannie1 May 24 #15

Will it be renamed Gullf of Auschwitz ? twodogsbarking May 24 #12

More wasted money! PortTack May 24 #13

Another waste of tax dollars like the wall. Rebuilding bridges would make more sense. appleannie1 May 24 #14

Maybe Orange Julius Caesar will change his mind and tear down the facility generalbetrayus May 24 #16

RUMP has the emotional maturity and impulsiveness of a 12-year-old William Seger May 24 #18

Hey lonely bird May 24 #33

LOL, but there's a specific reason I peg it at 12 William Seger May 25 #41

it is now a very expensive piece of land AlexSFCA May 24 #19

Just imagine the cost per prisoner. BradBo May 24 #20

5 other closed prisons as well Figarosmom May 24 #23

When we take back the Presidency orangecrush May 24 #24

Rump has been convicted of 34 felonies. Wolf Frankula May 24 #25

No need to do any repairs. ChazInAz May 24 #30

What fresh hell is right. How many of these narcissistic fantasies are we gonna be forced to participate in? Walleye May 24 #26

Spend, spend, spend but not on food, healthcare, education or infrastructure. Deuxcents May 24 #27

are they going to re-open Manzanar as well? DBoon May 24 #28

I believe we're at the pre-concepts of a plan stage Prairie Gates May 24 #32

Well based on the millions wasted to try to prepare to send 30,000 immigrants to Guantanamo BumRushDaShow May 24 #36

Has anyone mentioned Gulag yet? If not, GULAG ! rickford66 May 24 #34

Oh, how I wish I was Captain of that ferry boat usonian May 24 #35

All just because he watched fucking Escape from Alcatraz. His incoherent rant about "movies" when asked about this Karasu May 24 #37

What movies should be arranged for him to watch Blue Full Moon May 24 #38

..After its closure, the island took on a second life as a site of Indigenous resistance. In 1969, a group of Native Ame riversedge May 24 #39

FUCK DONALD TRUMP YoshidaYui May 24 #40

I think people are missing a crucial point flamingdem Jun 25 #42