The federal Bureau of Prisons is closing its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles due to crumbling infrastructure and safety
The federal Bureau of Prisons is closing its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles due to crumbling infrastructure and safety concerns.
The Associated Press reports that an internal memo reveals Director William K. Marshall III told staff Tuesday that the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island—a low-security prison with about 1,000 male inmates—will immediately suspend operations.
“The decision to close the facility is not easy, but it is absolutely necessary,” Marshall wrote. “We are not going to wait for a crisis. We are not going to gamble with lives. And we are not going to expect people to work or live in conditions that we would never accept for ourselves.
