The RTD has a look at push-back against keeping the city jail in the East End:
Edward Shearn Jr. and his East End neighbors are pushing back against the city of Richmond’s plan to build a $137 million jail at the site of the current facility on Fairfield Way. […]
Lawrence E. Williams Sr., an Eastview resident who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2004 and 2008, said the jail has been a blight on the East End for decades and must be relocated to give the next generation of residents a chance at prosperity.
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I couldn’t agree more. Put the jail in an industrial park, not right on the fringe of Church Hill/Union Hill/Shockhoe Bottom. It would send a strong, positive signal that the area is a neighborhood in bloom and the city is trying to foster the continuance of that momentum.
Move it to The Diamond, you say, Michael? 🙂
No, really, identify the industrial park and the surrounding neighbors who will welcome it. Don’t just complain, look at a map and see if you can find a solution. Doesn’t cost anything. Short of that, the jail will, by popular demand of the rest of the Residents of Richmond, stay riiiiiight where it is, ’cause they don’t live in Church Hill/Union Hill/Shockoe Bottom.