(AP) – City leaders in Missouri’s capital are hoping that
new legislation will help rejuvenate the state’s former prison and the largely
dilapidated area around it.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Gov. Eric Greitens signed a measure
last week turning over 32 acres of state-owned land to Jefferson City. The city
plans to build roads, hotels and new housing in the shadow of the old Missouri
State Penitentiary, which closed in 2004.
new legislation will help rejuvenate the state’s former prison and the largely
dilapidated area around it.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Gov. Eric Greitens signed a measure
last week turning over 32 acres of state-owned land to Jefferson City. The city
plans to build roads, hotels and new housing in the shadow of the old Missouri
State Penitentiary, which closed in 2004.
Greitens says the redevelopment will help create jobs with higher pay to
attract more people to the area, which had been considered a manufacturing hub
due to cheap inmate labor.
The former prison is now considered a tourist destination for visitors who
want history tours during the day or ghost tours at night.
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