ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) States are finding out the hard way that closed prisons can be a tough sell.
A recent national study found at least 94 state correctional facilities have been shut down since 2011, and only a few have been sold.
Developers say cell blocks and dormitories tend to be too expensive to tear down, and too restrictive to repurpose.
In New York, a mountaintop site in the Adirondacks is on the market for the second time in two years despite stunning views and proximity to the tourist destination of Saratoga Springs.
But a few states have had success. In Virginia, a former prison will be the site of more than 270 homes. In Tennessee, the former Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary is being turned into a whiskey distillery and tourist attraction.
The original statesville in Joliet, Illinois was turned into a auto junkyard
Sounds like a good place for the “Illegal Immigrants.
THAT’S WHAT JILL SAID THIS MORNING………
I can think of some other institutions that should be shut down and transfered to these waiting facilities.
Fill em full of DC rats .. what let the buildings go to waste?
Hillary needs 2 hots and a cot
same with Eric Holder and Harry Reid.. Pelosi ..Obama …and the Wookie
Im sure theres enough cells for all of them to have a nice secure place to stay out of the hell they have created out here for us