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Old prisons’ facilities out-of-date, not up to global standards, inquiry told

KUALA LUMPUR: A top senior officer from the prisons department has admitted that existing facilities in prisons constructed in the 19th and 20th centuries do not conform to present-day international ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Look inside: We spent $64 million turning an old Virginia prison into an apartment complex— ‘it's important to preserve history'

From 1910 to 2001, the Liberty Crest Apartments were known as the Lorton Reformatory, a prison in Lorton, Virginia that housed inmates from Washington, D.C. It is more widely known as the site where ...
CBS News

South Dakota to replace one of the country's oldest prisons at a cost of $650 million

South Dakota lawmakers have agreed to replace one of the nation's oldest prisons, a lockup that predates the state itself. Legislators narrowly passed a bill Tuesday night in a special session to ...
Los Angeles Times

Immigrants decry conditions at former prison, ICE’s largest detention center in California

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CNBC

We renovated an old prison into apartments for $64 million

The Alexander Company, a Wisconsin developer, turned a former prison in Lorton, Virginia into a 165-unit apartment building. The renovation cost about $64 million and took 18 months to complete. Get ...
The New York Times

How to Cut the Prison Population, Save Money and Make Us Safer

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