The Brief
- The Dublin City Council on Tuesday night is poised to pass a resolution that opposes turning the now-closed women’s prison – FCI Dublin – into any kind of detention facility in the future.
- The resolution is largely symbolic.
- The BOP is planning to permanently “deactivate, close and dispose” of FCI Dublin, but at the same time, also divest itself of the facility and transfer the property to the GSA “for ultimate disposition.”
DUBLIN, Calif. – The Dublin City Council on Tuesday night is poised to pass a resolution that opposes turning the now-closed women’s prison – FCI Dublin – into any kind of correctional facility in the future, like reopening it as another prison or ICE detention center.
“The City has consistently maintained that no form of detention operation is appropriate at the former FCI Dublin location, given its history of abuse, infrastructure deterioration, and associated impacts on the community,” according to the staff recommendation presented to the council.
Largely symbolic
The resolution is largely symbolic. The city council has really no say about what the federal government can do with the land, which sits adjacent to Santa Rita Jail.
But it does put on record that the council is formally on record opposing such a proposal.
ICE out of California
The resolution comes at the request of several community groups, including ICE out of California, which had about 30 community members speak on the issue on Nov. 18. …