A shuttered Philadelphia prison that was built 120 years ago and once used inmates as test subjects for biochemical research is being readied in case space is needed to hold protesters arrested during the Democratic National Convention.
Tens of thousands of protesters are expected at the July 25-28 convention.
Officials with the city’s prison system tell the Philadelphia Inquirer Holmesburg Prison can be used if needed for mass arrests. The prison was closed in 1995.
Inmates would be kept in the prison’s recently renovated gymnasium. Cell blocks would not be used.
Officials say the gym has 100 beds, showers and air conditioning.
The city has decriminalized some minor offenses related to demonstrations, and officials aren’t anticipating large numbers of arrests during the convention.
(AP)
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6 Responses
They should put Hillary in it.
Hillary Clinton deserves prison….
They need an alternate place, just in case Hillary gets indicted
“Hillary Clinton deserves prison”
She has committed no crime. Too bad commenters here don’t believe in due process. Neither did the folks who rounded up our people 1933-1945.
Too bad your liberal values come before your Torah ones.
…it almost sounds like you’re comparing an evil corrupt woman to the kedoshim who perished in the shoah – I seriously hope I misunderstood the post.