TIL the 1980 Winter Olympic Village was built with the intention of converting it into a federal prison after the games ended. Multiple Olympic delegations refused to house their Olympians there.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Correctional_Institution,_Ray_Brook

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Very American

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There’s only a few countries in America that have for profit prisons.

Most countries in America are not like this

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Countries?

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Yes, there’s dozens of countries in America

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No. No there aren’t.

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While National Olympic Committees typically need to pay on their own if they choose to find new accommodation, IOC Director Monique Berlioux said, “This time the accommodations are so poor that delegations will not have to pay for them if they move somewhere else.”

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So the “Miracle” team must have stayed there.

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On ice, one might say

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Thats one of the most depressingly american things I’ve ever heard

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Maybe they could build schools that can be easily converted to shooting ranges?

Sorry… It just pisses me off so much that Americans let school shootings happen all the time and do nothing to fix the issue…

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Look at who they elect as well and do nothing about.

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That, I call a successful case of a continued use of Olympia infrastructure. Often times it just rots away for various reasons, like lack of maintenance. Can’t say for sure if both applies to the prison.

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