Former inmate proposes Mt Eden Prison become crime museum
A former prisoner says the historic Mt Eden Prison should be converted into a museum documenting crime and justice.
A man who was imprisoned at Mt Eden Prison as a young adult has suggested the facility should be repurposed as a crime museum. He described his initial shock at the prison's imposing historic architecture when he first arrived.
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Former inmate says Mt Eden Prison should become crime museum
When 23-year-old Greg Newbold shuffled under the imposing rocky archway, it felt like he was stepping into the past. "I was really shocked when I first went in there," he…