Old jail cells in Germany will no longer be for inmates, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal article. With a decrease in Germany’s prison populations, along with demand for new housing, many developers are converting old prisons into apartments. The phenomenon is particularly common in larger cities where housing is particularly tight, and where some prisons are located in central locations.
Although some tenants are apprehensive at first about living in a converted prison, the modernized interiors, along with prime location in many cases, soon win them over.
