Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Nice pictures and a worthy cause, Plankton; not just the cash raised, but that more people realize that they have an attractive local amenity.
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The ex-penitentiary of the city I live in now has been converted into government offices. With a wide pedestrianized street and a park opposite (out of sight to the photographer's right) it makes for a pleasant corner of the city.


Meanwhile, in London, two views of a working prison:

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Fancy entrance, but this is a special kind of grim that London is good at: the cold Victorian-built institution; in this case, it's Wormwood Scrubs, whose very name strikes a foreboding chill in the heart....