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Jan 8Liked by Diane K24

That jail cell photo is way too cushy. Take the tour of Alcatraz. That’s more like it.

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Jan 8·edited Jan 8Liked by Diane K24

Michael G.: Agree in spirit, not in fact.

For all the mythology of Alcatraz, that prison was in use for only 29 years.

The prison closed in 21 March 1963, when I was 15 years of age.

Growing up near Huntington Beach, Alcatraz was already a legend in California for its hardened criminals in the 1950s.

Why don't I agree in fact. Because "take the tour of Alcatraz" literally wishes Trump to tour a National Park.

From the steep hills of San Francisco, the Bay, including Alcatraz Island, are beautiful.

Maybe Trump in Supermax with Robert Hanssen.

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Jan 8Liked by Diane K24

I’d upload a photo of a D-Block cell I took on Alcatraz a few years ago, but I don’t thing Comments and Replies have that ability.

A few weeks ago on a comment to a Robert Reich newsletter on the same subject, I suggested exile to Guantanamo Bay. The super max in Colorado is too nice.

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If you create a link, or one exists, Substack will take your link.

For example, here is a short video of parts of D-Block:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ke2nZxS0zw

Here is a cell:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03119/DXFE9J_3119248b.jpg?imwidth=680

From the following source (with a former inmate's narrative about 19 days "in the hole" (i.e., solitary):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11245414/My-19-days-in-solitary-confinement-on-Alcatraz.html

Here is a site with some worthwhile pictures:

https://foreverkaren.com/travel/alcatraz-tour-in-san-francisco/

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Jan 8·edited Jan 8Author

Thanks, I’ll check them out, Armand. The photo looks stark—perfect for the orange DJT.

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You have to save the photo to your photo album so you can select it on Substack.

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Agree.

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