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Tours resume today and work continues at historic state prison |
By missourinet.com- Mike Lear |
Published: 04/21/2014 |
Tours of Missouri’s 178-year-old state penitentiary resume today as work continues to save its oldest buildings. The state and the City of Jefferson are splitting up to $2-million of the cost of mold remediation and roof repair in four buildings at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City. Buildings dating as far back as 1868 had been going without major maintenance since the prison was decommissioned in 2004. Mark Schreiber spent 42 years working for the Department of Corrections, much of it inside “the Walls,” where he developed a passion for its history. He has advocated for years to see those buildings saved and credits the state for setting this in motion. Read More. |
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