These former “big houses” now draw crowds for big fun that includes drinking in former drunk tanks and getting locked up for a truly captivating stay.
Once they housed inmates, sentenced to spend their days behind bars. Now these former jails and prisons have been converted to breweries, wineries, and hotels where people pay to be on the inside, rather than plotting to escape. A few have capitalized on their colorful past with clever names for their products (like Conjugal Visit beer or Warden’s Reserve Whiskey), while others allow guests to recreate the prison experience for themselves by sleeping behind bars in graffiti-filled cells, eating prison food, and even donning original prison uniforms.