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Ex-acting prisons chief: Alcatraz not fit for today
AlArabiya English
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5/7/2025
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All right, so bottom line, a prison that was built in 1934, which is when Alcatraz was built,
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how well adapted would you say such a facility would be to today's needs?
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No, it's not. I mean, it would have to be completely, it would have to, I mean, pretty much
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have to be torn down. Could they tear it down? Could they tear it down? Because it's a historical
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monument, isn't it? Well, that's a good question. That's not my area of expertise, but yeah, sure.
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I don't know that they could even tear it down, but I don't know that historically they could do
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the changes that they need to do. They don't have cameras. The cells, I mean, if you were a six
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foot person, which is not, I mean, not a unusually tall person, you can't even stand in the cell
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fully upright. The cells, the walls are literally crumbling. You know, you see movies where people
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take sharp objects and chisel their way out of a cell. I don't even know how accurate that is,
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but you don't even need a sharp object in Alcatraz to do that. You could literally use your hands.
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So I don't know how you could, I don't know how you could reinstate Alcatraz without rebuilding
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it. But even if you were to find a way to, to do it without tearing it down, I mean, it's just not
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in any condition to house people. There's no, there's no, you know, no security cameras. There's
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no safety devices. Look, part of the problem being on an island, if there is a medical emergency
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or a riot or other law enforcement emergency, you can't bring in assistance without getting
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boats to come out there.
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