Comments on: The politics of siting Seattle’s jail http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2008/05/08/the-politics-of-siting-seattles-jail/ This blog will focus on how Seattle shapes itself — its design, its planning and its aspirations. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:38:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: shawna http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2008/05/08/the-politics-of-siting-seattles-jail/#comment-101 shawna Mon, 12 May 2008 15:48:40 +0000 http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2008/05/08/the-politics-of-siting-seattles-jail/#comment-101 The county will be discontinuing the practice of housing city misdemeanor inmates for Seattle and other King County cities. As for Seattle contracting the jail out to a private management company like Corrections Corporation of America or Wackenhut Corp., Ceis told me the city is not even considering it. The county will be discontinuing the practice of housing city misdemeanor inmates for Seattle and other King County cities.

As for Seattle contracting the jail out to a private management company like Corrections Corporation of America or Wackenhut Corp., Ceis told me the city is not even considering it.

]]> By: daren http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2008/05/08/the-politics-of-siting-seattles-jail/#comment-97 daren Sat, 10 May 2008 16:37:27 +0000 http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/2008/05/08/the-politics-of-siting-seattles-jail/#comment-97 Tell me it aint so... When you say the City of Seattle will be "discontinuing the practice", does that mean Seattle will be privatizing its jail facility? If so, this is very dangerous. Private owners/managers are not accountable to the public (at least not in a meaningful way). If true...maybe you should post a new article with a header: Gulag facility coming soon to a Seattle neighborhood near you....Or, Guantanamo Bay-style services in your neighborhood soon... If not true, great...and we need to make sure the above scenario NEVER happens. Tell me it aint so…

When you say the City of Seattle will be “discontinuing the practice”, does that mean Seattle will be privatizing its jail facility?

If so, this is very dangerous. Private owners/managers are not accountable to the public (at least not in a meaningful way).

If true…maybe you should post a new article with a header: Gulag facility coming soon to a Seattle neighborhood near you….Or, Guantanamo Bay-style services in your neighborhood soon…

If not true, great…and we need to make sure the above scenario NEVER happens.

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