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McNeil Island in South Puget Sound is the Alcatraz you've never heard of. The now-abandoned prison on McNeil operated for 136 years. Today, the island is home to the Special Commitment Center, which houses Washington state's "sexually violent predators." A collaboration between KNKX and the Washington State Historical Society, Forgotten Prison tells the stories of inmates, guards, and children who grew up on the island. The history of this forgotten place can tell us a lot about how and why we lock people up.
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Someone that finds a child 2 yr"s old sexually exciting is not going to find adults satisfying when they get out. Sexual predators sent caught the first,second,third,forth attack on babies. I don't think these people ever change. People that find attacking victims exciting is turned on by the fear ! As someone that has been abused and has talked to many other victims,we never get over it,never feel safe and many never enjoy sex .We try to fake it the rest of our life with our partners but many are empty inside. Do we feel sorry for the attackers in jail for life.Hell no ! I hope they all rot. This desire for raping children is growing by leaps.
The way you briefly described the Attica Prison Uprising kind of implied that it was the prisoners who did the killing... for those who don't know, only one CO died (as a result of head injuries inflicted by prisoners) during the uprising. The dozens of other victims, including about a quarter of the hostages, died at the hands of police, soldiers, and prison officers during the assault. Governor Nelson Rockefeller and the media deliberately spread lies to cover up the terrible truth, which lead to further abuse and killings of prisoners in the early aftermath.
I saw both the old and new prison cells at McNeil on a YouTube video, and my first thought was that the latter seem smaller. A small window is better than none I guess, but overall the newer cells are about as bad as the old ones IMO.