San Diego - Federal Youth Correctional Facility, 2, 1975
Scope and Contents
Loose collection of letters & reports. Examples are: Copy of letter from Assemblyman Lawrence Kapiloff to Norman A. Carlson (Dir., Bureau of Prisons) (7/15/75) re/ expressing Kapiloff’s “concern and opposition to the construction of a Federal Youth Center at the Tierrasanta site;” loose assortment of corresp. from Norman A. Carlson, Councilman Jim Ellis & Congressman Wilson (June-July 1975) re/ Congressman Wilson’s strong opposition to the location of the facility at the Tierrasanta site; stapled copy of corresp. (1974-1975) from Congressman Wilson, James H. Hobel (Comprehensive Planning Organization) & Richard J. Huff (CPO) re/ Agenda Report No. A-FY74-21 & Resolution No. 74-53 (4/15/754) “that the proposed youth correctional program...be reevaluated....;” copy of corresp. from Supervisor Jack Walsh (6/17/75) to Congress Wilson re/ “final grading contracts are scheduled to be let.... Since 1969, when the Federal Youth Center was first proposed by then President Nixon, this community, in one form or another, has opposed its construction in Tierrasanta;” copy of “Tierrasanta Federal Youth Center” (n.d.) re/ summation of youth center development, its costs & its problems; stapled copy of “Federal Youth Center Timetable of Pertinent Dates” (11/69-5/75); list of “Citizens and Groups Opposed to the Federal Youth Center;” photocopy of S.D. City Resolution No. 210322 (4/4/75); photocopy of “No. 65 (1/21/75)” related to Supervisor Walsh’s Doc. No. 499542, a resolution opposing the Tierrasanta site; stapled packet containing corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Robert L. Moeller (Dir., Labor Comm. Service Program) & R.R. Richardson (Sec.-Treas., S.D.-Imperial Counties Labor Council) (May-June 1975) re/ “Labor’s Action Committee for Criminal Justice is joining forces with 21 citizen’s groups opposed to the Federal Youth Center;” photocopy of letter from Larry D. Holbrook (Dept. Pol. Sci, SDSU) to Earl W. Baughman (Regional Commissioner, GSA) re/ a critique of “Environmental [Impact] Statement ECA 74001 on the proposed Federal Prison Facility;” stapled photocopy of letter from the Navajo Community Planners, Inc. (3/20/74) re/ a five page critique of EIS, ECA 74001; stapled copy of a seven page letter from Gary D. Wells to E.W. Baughman (3/15/75) re/ the inadequacy of EIS, ECA 74001; stapled copy of a seven page letter from Steven Carmichael (Coord., Criminal Justice Project) (4/11/74) re/ “observations and questions concerning the ‘Draft’ Environmental Statement, San Diego Federal Youth Facility;” four page stapled photocopy of letter from Boone Gross, Jr. (Pres., The Christiana Companies, Inc.) to Eldon L. Kirby (Chief, Op.Planning Staff, GSA) (3/11/74) re/ Christiana’s review of EIS No. ECA 74001; stapled copy of corresp. from Thomas Goodman (Supt., S.D. City Schools) (3/4/74) re/ critique of EIS, ECA 74001; photocopy of letter from Mrs. Wilma Toth (Pres., Mesa Gardens Council, PTA) (3/12/74) re/ critical evaluation of EIS, ECA 74001; copy of letter from William J. Stinson (Pres., Carefree San Carlos Owners Assoc.) (2/20/74) re/ praised EIS, ECA 74001, but criticized “suitability of the planned site location;” stapled copy of corresp. from Richard L. Threat (Prof. of Geology, SDSU) (2/20/74) re/ critical analysis of geological aspects of EIS, ECA 74001; copy of letter from Allen F. Breed (Dir., CA., Dept. of Youth Authority) to Ross A. Biatek (GSA) (2/15/74) re/ draft EIS for review & his conclusion questioning the justification for a new insitution in S.D.; copy of the National Moritorium on Prison Construction’s “Summary Statement Regarding the Present and Future Plans of the Federal Bureau of Prisons” (n.d.) re/ a critique of the 45-year-old agency’s continued use of “institutional solutions to crime control problems;” photocopy of letter from Gov. Ronald Reagan to State Senator John Stull (12/19/73) re/ “my administration has long opposed the construction of Federal facilities within the State of California.”
Dates
- created: 1975
Creator
- From the Collection: Wilson, Robert (Wilson, Robert Carlton) (1916-) (Person)
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Extent
From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
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