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10. If they continue to look at that as a "viable" facility

Sat May 24, 2025, 08:51 AM

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I wouldn't be surprised if they try to co-opt Eastern State Penitentiary over here in Philly (also a tourist attraction), as it was decommissioned about a decade later than Alcatraz - in the 'early '70s).

(we are in that type of Twilight Zone world now )

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