Six square feet per prisoner? Can that be right? if it is, it sure seems inhumane to me -- particularly for the innocents who got caught up in the dragnet. The least they should do is build more prison space. I'm all for locking up hard-core criminals, but due process is important.
Hi Russell. It seems those numbers are right. The one mitigating factor is that the bunks are at four levels, so in a sense prisoners can be "stacked vertically." It leaves a bit more than 6 square feet per prisoner, but not a lot. --Bill
If Kamala Harris makes US 47, she could construct a few of these for pro lifers, parents who don't want their kids transed, Latin Mass Catholics... oh and, yes, political opponents. Just watch: Everything will be policed in the US *except* crime.
I wrote this piece with some ambivalence. Yes, it's hard to argue with the results. But at what cost? I wish Tucker had pressed Bukele on this last question. I'll be interested to see how this all unfolds in coming months and years. I wrote this piece partly as a time capsule to remind myself of where things stood as of September of 2024, and thus to have a basis for comparison downstream.
I kept my own opinions at bay in this piece because at this point I'm not even sure what they are. There seems to be something profoundly unredemptive in how these prisoners are being treated. And yet, their past ability to subvert prisons and continue their criminal ways behind bars seems to call for effective countermeasures.
Is it possible to make the prison experience less harsh that CECOT but as effective? I don't know. Moreover, I don't know if any experts in prison organization and reform can legitimately answer this question unless they've had success in bringing under control a similar out-of-control situation as in the old El Salvador. Other than Bukele, I don't know any other proof of concept.
Six square feet per prisoner? Can that be right? if it is, it sure seems inhumane to me -- particularly for the innocents who got caught up in the dragnet. The least they should do is build more prison space. I'm all for locking up hard-core criminals, but due process is important.
Hi Russell. It seems those numbers are right. The one mitigating factor is that the bunks are at four levels, so in a sense prisoners can be "stacked vertically." It leaves a bit more than 6 square feet per prisoner, but not a lot. --Bill
Packed like sardines in a can with a bunch of violent a**holes -- that sounds a lot like my idea of hell.
If Kamala Harris makes US 47, she could construct a few of these for pro lifers, parents who don't want their kids transed, Latin Mass Catholics... oh and, yes, political opponents. Just watch: Everything will be policed in the US *except* crime.
My reaction is this is a “how to”for dictators for their political prisoners. Is this what we are headed for?
There has to be something less drastic for those who seem to be changed by the imprisonment experience. But it’s hard to argue with results.
I wrote this piece with some ambivalence. Yes, it's hard to argue with the results. But at what cost? I wish Tucker had pressed Bukele on this last question. I'll be interested to see how this all unfolds in coming months and years. I wrote this piece partly as a time capsule to remind myself of where things stood as of September of 2024, and thus to have a basis for comparison downstream.
I kept my own opinions at bay in this piece because at this point I'm not even sure what they are. There seems to be something profoundly unredemptive in how these prisoners are being treated. And yet, their past ability to subvert prisons and continue their criminal ways behind bars seems to call for effective countermeasures.
Is it possible to make the prison experience less harsh that CECOT but as effective? I don't know. Moreover, I don't know if any experts in prison organization and reform can legitimately answer this question unless they've had success in bringing under control a similar out-of-control situation as in the old El Salvador. Other than Bukele, I don't know any other proof of concept.
I wish I had clearer insight here.