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Visitors tour the historic Nevada State Prison in Carson City, 2015. Photo by Cathleen Allison, Nevada Momentum
Visitors tour the historic Nevada State Prison in Carson City, 2015. Photo by Cathleen Allison, Nevada Momentum

When you drive I-580 in Carson City, you pass a state icon. The old Nevada State Prison in Carson City closed for good in 2012, but plans are in the works to reopen it. Not as a prison, but as a museum.
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