Within four to five years, the Odessa investigative isolation ward will move outside the city limits. This August 16, Deputy Justice Minister Denis Chernyshov said during a briefing in Odessa.

According to the official, the Prison Castle, located at Lustdorf Road 11, is no longer suitable for keeping prisoners, and overhauling it would be too costly. "All communications and everything is so outdated that it makes no sense even to repair it at times, especially taking into account the building materials that were used, and the climate in the seaside city," Chernyshov stressed.. Therefore, it is planned to build a new SIZO in 50 kilometers from the city, and the Prison Castle, which is an architectural monument, to be transferred to private hands to equip the SEC with a hotel and offices, a new theater and a universal concert hall.

According to the intention of the Ministry officials, it is necessary to attract private investors for the construction of new pre-trial detention centers outside the city.

In return, the investor will have the right to dispose of an attractive territory along Lustdorf Road, including using unusual and outwardly unusual buildings.

The case for small - to find such an investor.

We add that Odessa Prison Castle was built in 1891 - 1894 during the cadence of Gregory Marazli under the project of architect Tomishko with the participation of Bernardazzi. At various times his "guests" were Lev Trotsky, Grigory Kotovsky, Moses Vinnytsky (Mishka Yaponchik) and other famous personalities.