“Take some of those old bases and...
“Take some of those old bases and put some barbed wire around it, some land mines outside of it. Why not? We keep wanting to build these dumb prisons.â€
--Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl F. Gates, as he told a state task force on gangs that deserted military bases should be used to imprison gang members and dope peddlers.
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