The future use of the former prison in Victoria Road in Douglas will be determined over time.
That’s according to Home Affairs Minister Adrian Earnshaw.
He was speaking as nearly 1,750 (seventeen hundred and fifty) people signed up to prison tours.
Mr Earnshaw says the curiosity to look behind-the-scenes should come as no surprise (audio file attached):
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