Plymouth students to live in former prison
A derelict former prison is to be turned into student flats alongside a new budget supermarket.
The German chain Aldi last night won permission to transform the Longfield House site on Greenbank Road from a home for junkies and graffiti artists into 65 student flats.
When the 19th Century building is brought back to life, two students will find themselves living in what were once basement cells, Plymouth city councillors heard …