Should Congress convert part of a national park back into a prison?

If the federal government needs new prisons, Congress should appropriate the money to build them. But it should not build one on land that has been an iconic national park.
  • Should Congress convert part of a national park back into a prison?
    Should Congress convert part of a national park back into a prison?
    President Richard Nixon, a native Californian, promoted an idea in 1972 to turn an iconic stretch of California’s coastline into a national park. It would include the headlands around the Golden Gate and two nearby islands.One was Angel Island and the other was Alcatraz -- where a federal prison had been permanently closed nine years earlier.On Feb. 8, 1972, Nixon sent a message...

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