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2025 May 6, 12:19am   198 views  16 comments

by TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter   follow (9)  

Reopening for business.

Great signal of Law and Order, and fantastic bait for the Left to complain about.

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1   🎂 WookieMan   @   2025 May 6, 12:31am  

AmericanKulak says

Reopening for business.

Great signal of Law and Order, and fantastic bait for the Left to complain about.

Seriously? Too lazy to look it up. That was about the only positive I had going to SF. I guess why not. I remember taking the tour with some old school audio tech. My god that was a long time ago.
2   clambo   @   2025 May 6, 8:07am  

It's not a good idea, but it's funny to consider.
3   Patrick   @   2025 May 6, 8:22am  

Why not?
4   RWSGFY   @   2025 May 6, 8:25am  

Patrick says

Why not?


It was closed in '63 because it was expensive to run and in need of major rebuild. Since then both considerations got even stronger.
5   ElYorsh   @   2025 May 6, 8:30am  

RWSGFY says


Patrick says


Why not?


It was closed in '63 because it was expensive to run and in need of major rebuild. Since then both considerations got even stronger.


That was the excuse that San Francisco hippies used to convince people. They couldn't keep inviting other Liberals to come over if that "monstrosity" sat right next to them.
6   Patrick   @   2025 May 6, 8:31am  

OK, I can see that it's expensive. But I still like the idea of continuity of history and symbolism.
7   clambo   @   2025 May 6, 8:37am  

The buildings are not in good shape.
It's difficult to manage sending food, supplies, personnel, trash, etc. back and forth.
My understanding is that the place was closed because the inmates killed themselves too often.
8   RWSGFY   @   2025 May 6, 8:44am  

clambo says

The buildings are not in good shape.
It's difficult to manage sending food, supplies, personnel, trash, etc. back and forth.
My understanding is that the place was closed because the inmates killed themselves too often.


And housing in SF is expensive AF, which means guards will have to be paid moar. And criminals don't need million dollar view. Arnold even wanted to move San Quentin to the Central Valley and free that prime piece of RE for development.
9   RWSGFY   @   2025 May 6, 8:55am  

Run on government efficiency. Propose unnecessary costly overhaul of a state park into a boutique prison in one of the most expensive locations in the country. Nobody sees any contradiction.

Clown world.
10   Ceffer   @   2025 May 6, 9:55am  

clambo says


My understanding is that the place was closed because the inmates killed themselves too often.

I think that was a feature.

Cold, windy, clammy, spooky, foggy and they could hear and see the noises and sights of freedom that they didn't have in San Francisco. It had hardcore and most perverted of psycho prisoners. They could smell the food cooking from the SF restaurants.
11   🎂 WookieMan   @   2025 May 6, 10:26am  

Ceffer says

clambo says

My understanding is that the place was closed because the inmates killed themselves too often.

I think that was a feature.

I think we should give inmates ropes in every cell. You got to where you're at for a reason. It likely wasn't because of petty traffic stops or j walking. Let them kill themselves. Then we don't have to pay for them to be there. Also an admission of guilt technically if you off yourself.

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