Brno is keeping up with the times, in the EU, the transformation of former prisons is "in vogue"

Brno - The project to transform the former city prison on Cejl near the center of Brno into a creative center for artists is part of a broader trend in the European Union. Former prison buildings are being turned into museums, hostels, or residential complexes for socially disadvantaged people in Malta, Slovenia, Italy, and other countries. This emerged from the international conference Creative Brno, which took place yesterday in the South Moravian metropolis.
    In the area of the former prison on Cejl, most of which is owned by the city, a center to support creative industries is expected to be established in the next three to four years, according to the municipality. Designers, fashion designers, photographers, and other artists will find spaces for their work here. The center will also serve the public, allowing them to view exhibitions, enter studios, or go to theater or cinema.
    According to Peter Ramsden, an urban planner and advisor to the European Social Fund in the area of transnational and social innovation, who participated in the conference, for example, in Florence, the converted complex of the former Le Murate prison reopened after renovation. The building functioned as a prison until 1983. The city invested 26 million euros (652 million crowns) in its renovation.
    "Another project of a repurposed prison, which is slightly ahead of the Cejl project, is the Corradino prison in Malta," Ramsden stated. The originally military prison in Malta, dating back to the 1860s, is to serve as a museum after extensive renovation.
    A former prison from the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in the center of Ljubljana, Slovenia, also serves new purposes and