Slog - Comments on City Announces Four Potential Jail Sites

Comment by JMR

JMR — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:51:19 -0800

The city has determined it will be safer and more cost-effective to build a one story jail�as opposed to KCJ, which is about 10 floors

Now the anti-tall-building NIMBYs have gone too far.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:51:19 -0800

Two birds with one stone? In Seattle we say two birds with one blowdart.

Comment by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:00:26 -0800

They should say fuck you to king county and put the jail in fucking bellevue or some shit so the hobos can live there instead of here.

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:00:38 -0800

the most prominent building in a city tells you what that culture's priorities are. therefore, the jail should be the tallest building in Seattle.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:09:26 -0800

How about NONE?

Or else maybe we put them in the RICHEST NEIGHBORHOOD only?

That sounds fair to me.

Comment by JMR

JMR — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:24:40 -0800

The four potential sites are located in Haller Lake, Interbay, Highland Park�just southwest of Georgetown�and in West Seattle

This sounds just like 1861, when Walla Walla duked it out with some other parts of Washington Territory to "win" the right to have the territorial penitentiary there. Hope you've enjoyed it, Walla Walla.

Comment by raindrop

raindrop — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:28:59 -0800

@3: Bellevue is in King County.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:35:39 -0800

@7: Yet not of it.

Comment by Smarm

Smarm — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:47:27 -0800

I don't care where they put a new jail, so long as it's served by light rail transit and a bike path for staff reporters from The Stranger.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:59:32 -0800

Yes, but will the bikes have a lockup, or will the guards steal them for drug money?

Comment by Mr. X

Mr. X — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:33:28 -0800

@8,

Seattle comprises about 1/3 of King County - I'd say at this point we're less "of it" than the rest of it is.

This facility ought to be downtown by the Courts and existing jail, or perhaps co-located with the other County jail facility/ies that will also need to be sited when KC stops housing misdemeanor offenders.

Comment by sepiolida

sepiolida — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:26:51 -0800

well, i don't like to hear about you killing birds because i'm an environmentalist....

Comment by Matt

Matt — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:48:57 -0800

Why are we talking about a one-story seven-acre jail far removed from the urban center of town? That is pretty far from green and completely inconsistent with the density-is-good and reduce-your-commute philosophy of Greg Nickels.

It seems like the Interbay location is actually the greenest location.