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San Quentin: Opposition to closing & moving the prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

A view on San Quentin Prison 06/11/2008 Marin Independent Journal THE REV. LIZA KLEIN I AM CONCERNED about the perspective recent articles on San Quentin prison gives to a complex issue. The "fight over death row" is closely linked to the decade-long county plan to take over all of the land on which San Quentin sits. The Marin County San Quentin Reuse Planning Committee is opposed to the renovation of death row, not because it really understands the cost comparisons between San Quentin and other prisons, and not because it is against the death penalty, but because the committee covets the land on which the prison sits. The committee ignores environmental impact reports it says suggested transit, housing and retail plans would have a negative impact on the environment in many ways...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 12, 2008 (boomark / email).