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[ionel]

Make Alcatraz Great Again

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-alcatraz-prison-reopen-truth-social-california/

 

[JimmySpeaks]

Perfect place for the unlawfuls to go while they “get” their due process 

[Offthemat]

The man has amazing instincts. 

[red viking]

It was closed because it was extremely expensive to operate due to its isolated location. 

Dumb to reopen it. The wingers are obsessed with DOGE but then want to waste money on a ridiculously expensive prison. 

Just more winger hypocrisy and lack of common sense...a dime a dozen. 

Edited 3 hours ago by red viking

[Scouts Honor]

i agree, it would be expensive..

but where else do we have currently available? 

[WrestlingRasta]

I’m a fan of this idea if, IF, it is truly feasible.  The financial side of it is very tricky, and you have to weigh the costs with the benefit.  I hope analyzing and executing this falls in the hands of really smart and stern people, and not just ‘yes men’. 

[ionel]

54 minutes ago, red viking said:

It was closed because it was extremely expensive to operate due to its isolated location. 

Dumb to reopen it. The wingers are obsessed with DOGE but then want to waste money on a ridiculously expensive prison. 

Just more winger hypocrisy and lack of common sense...a dime a dozen. 

So wouldn't it be cheaper to send em to El Salvador?  

[Paul158]

1 hour ago, WrestlingRasta said:

I’m a fan of this idea if, IF, it is truly feasible.  The financial side of it is very tricky, and you have to weigh the costs with the benefit.  I hope analyzing and executing this falls in the hands of really smart and stern people, and not just ‘yes men’. 

I'm a little surprised that the Max capacity is only 336 inmates. I would think they could easily double that with bunk beds. I thought Alcatraz was much larger.

[Tripnsweep]

Idiotic. They'd have to tear it down and rebuild most of it. The last time I was there 6 years ago it was in bad shape, almost not even worth visiting because so much of it was fenced off or blocked off. It would cost a lot of money, probably upwards of a billion dollars to rebuild it to the standard it needs to be. 

[Paul158]

17 minutes ago, ionel said:

So wouldn't it be cheaper to send em to El Salvador?  

Yes.

[Paul158]

Just now, Tripnsweep said:

Idiotic. They'd have to tear it down and rebuild most of it. The last time I was there 6 years ago it was in bad shape, almost not even worth visiting because so much of it was fenced off or blocked off. It would cost a lot of money, probably upwards of a billion dollars to rebuild it to the standard it needs to be. 

You could have the detainees do the work to rebuild it. It doesn't have to be a Hilton Inn.

[Paul158]

1 hour ago, Scouts Honor said:

i agree, it would be expensive..

but where else do we have currently available? 

Gitmo.

[wrestlingguy]

2 minutes ago, Tripnsweep said:

Idiotic. They'd have to tear it down and rebuild most of it. The last time I was there 6 years ago it was in bad shape, almost not even worth visiting because so much of it was fenced off or blocked off. It would cost a lot of money, probably upwards of a billion dollars to rebuild it to the standard it needs to be. 

That was my first thought. 

[ionel]

3 minutes ago, Tripnsweep said:

Idiotic. They'd have to tear it down and rebuild most of it. The last time I was there 6 years ago ... 

How long were you in for?

[Tripnsweep]

Just now, Paul158 said:

You could have the detainees do the work to rebuild it. It doesn't have to be a Hilton Inn.

That isn't going to save the cost. Also that would be illegal to do. Unless you want to roll back the 13th amendment. 

[Paul158]

12 minutes ago, Tripnsweep said:

That isn't going to save the cost. Also that would be illegal to do. Unless you want to roll back the 13th amendment. 

We could pass the 28th Amendment to allow illegals being detained, can work to help pay for their food and lodging. We could also call it vocational rehab training so they will have a trade when they are released in their original country.

Edited 1 hour ago by Paul158
missed a word

[red viking]

21 minutes ago, ionel said:

How long were you in for?

The main expense is having to ship everything to the island, including all the workers on a daily basis. The cost is ridiculous. Wingers only care about cost though when a Democrat proposes it. Hypocrisy at its finest. 

[Scouts Honor]

33 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

Gitmo.

[Scouts Honor]

34 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

You could have the detainees do the work to rebuild it. It doesn't have to be a Hilton Inn.

you would trust them? 

[ionel]

24 minutes ago, red viking said:

The main expense is having to ship everything to the island, including all the workers on a daily basis. The cost is ridiculous. Wingers only care about cost though when a Democrat proposes it. Hypocrisy at its finest. 

Automation man.  Robots & sharks that's all we need.  

[Paul158]

20 minutes ago, Scouts Honor said:

you would trust them? 

We could get some WWE wrestlers to supervise them.

[Scouts Honor]

how about zoos? 

[headshuck]

Epstein Island?

[Scouts Honor]

any of the 72 left? 

[ionel]

12 minutes ago, Scouts Honor said:

how about zoos? 

@BobDole's Zoo would be great ... impossible to escape ... just ask @PortaJohn