NC Cigany
PRISON PORT-A-JOHNS
RALEIGH NC: POLK YOUTH PRISON: Taken in 1998 following the removal and relocation of all prisoners to a new "close-custody" facility 35 miles farther north in Butner NC. Though classified 'merely' as a "close-custody" institution, the new POLK YOUTH PRISON [for offenders between 19 and 21] was designed to house inmates sentenced/assigned to maximum control, intensive control, disciplinary segregation and safekeeping status.
It took time to demolish the old prison and restore the property to a bucolic state suitable for its new owner, the NC Museum of Art, but it has been accomplished. Today, this huge tract of land is owned by the state art museum.
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PRISON PORT-A-JOHNS
RALEIGH NC: POLK YOUTH PRISON: Taken in 1998 following the removal and relocation of all prisoners to a new "close-custody" facility 35 miles farther north in Butner NC. Though classified 'merely' as a "close-custody" institution, the new POLK YOUTH PRISON [for offenders between 19 and 21] was designed to house inmates sentenced/assigned to maximum control, intensive control, disciplinary segregation and safekeeping status.
It took time to demolish the old prison and restore the property to a bucolic state suitable for its new owner, the NC Museum of Art, but it has been accomplished. Today, this huge tract of land is owned by the state art museum.
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